Title

Gentlemen of the press taking the stairs on the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1888. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Gentlemen of the press taking the stairs on the Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1888. Members of the press visiting the tower during its construction. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), the Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition staged in Paris in 1889 to commemorate the centenary of the French Revolution. Constructed from iron, it was the tallest building in the world until 1930.

Date

1968

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Keystone Archives

Reference

HRM19D70_157

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,4in x 15,7in / 3720 x 4701 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men architecture country French France tower climbing monument Paris guy media Eiffel Tower location century commemorative ladder rebellion press revolution exhibition ascending B&W MONOCHROME under construction metaphor journalist journalism ascent 19th century black & white black and white B W centennial Ile-de-France nineteenth century centenary French Revolution 1789-1799 International Exhibition Paris 1889 TGN photograph Keystone Archives Unknown Gustave Eiffel Eiffel Gustave Gustave Eiffel photograph