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Identifier: parisinlondon19000lond (find matches)
Title: Paris in London : 1902, Earl's Court : official guide and catalogue : director general Imre Kiralfy
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: Art, French Costume, France
Publisher: London : Gale & Polden
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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ds of torture practised in the fortress-prison arevividly illustrated. Opposite, on the right, is THE VOLUNTEER RIFLE RANGE, where the citizen marksman is afforded an opportunity of increasinghis proficiency with the rifle. Further on to the right our attention isarrested by a capital view of THE PALAIS LUMINEUX and its surroundings.We next come to the Model Dairy of the London and Provincial Dairy Company, where milk, ices, etc.,can be obtained, while close by are the headquarters of the French Musical Ride, which occupy a large site near the Great Wheel. A welcome andexhilarating.^jliversion is offered to visitors by this attraction. Twentydocile and highly-trained horses and ponies, under the managementof an experienced ring-master, and numerous grooms, are at thedisposal of patrons. Riding to the accompaniment of the enliveningstrains of an excellent orchestra may be voted a fascinatingexperience, while many will be prone to avail themselves of a safe and 38 i*yHa.>,jj,,j^«(i*
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tu (0 < Ul I fli.^ii.t I 39 pleasant opportunity of acquiring the rudiments of the equestrian art.In close proximity stands The Gigantic 14^/iee/, one of the most famous landmaiks of the Metropolis. In no otherplace in the world can the pleasure-seeker equal the exliilaration ofa journey in one of the luxurious cars with which the remarkable con-struction is provided, and from which is seen a gradually wideningstretch of country, until from the summit the view extends as far as
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