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This reminds me of a famous photo in The Houck Collection of Major Edwin Armstrong in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1918. I believe Armstrong had a hand in setting up this station. He was on loan to the French Army during the war to work on battlefield communications, and was very successful.

Cropped from original Agence Meurisse photo at Bibliotheque Nationale de France's Gallica site, with following caption:
"Le poste de télégraphie sans fil de la Tour Eiffel gardé militairement "
[The military guard at the Eiffel Tower wireless telegraph station]



Pub. Date 1914

Thanks for your picture ! I used it in a post about how to resolve ethical and legal issues publishing a picture with an art work ethiquedroit.hypotheses.org/1521?

"Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bonickhausen dit Eiffel;[1] /ˈaɪfəl/; French pronunciation: ​[ɛfɛl]; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale Paris, he made his name building various bridges for the French railway network, most famously the Garabit viaduct. He is best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, and his contribution to building the Statue of Liberty in New York. After his retirement from engineering, Eiffel focused on research into meteorology and aerodynamics, making significant contributions in both fields." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Eiffel

Great detail @artolog to add to the notes field. I'll update the record accordingly.

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20882

This is amazing, breathtaking, and a shot of the raw freedoms that some of us have the ability to share

La tête de la statue fut présentée à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris de 1878. La main et le flambeau furent présentés à celle de Philadelphie en 1876.Ils seront exposés au Madison Square à New York pendant cinq ans. Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. The head of the statue was presented at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1878. In 1876, in connection with the Universal Exhibition in Philadelphia, hand and torch are shipped to New York, and displayed at Madison Square for five years . Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection. > Sur Bartholdi / About Barthodi www.insecula.com/contact/A006782.html Wikipedia : in english en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%c3%a9d%c3%a9ric_Bartholdi ( translate with google)

This photo is being discussed in one of the projects in the Flickr Commons group, and we would love to have this added to the group pool!

There's a clearer version of this photograph by Albert Fernique here.  Note the two "life-size" replicas of the Statue of Liberty on either side of the full-size head.  

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Noble Architecture (Fav 1, Comment on 1), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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Great ..Very Magrittesque!!