Henri Manuel
The Maison Laffitte hippodrome, west of Paris, is flooded by the flood of the Seine. Jockeys and others find the typical french chairs under the trees, a safe haven. Paris, 1924.
Oh cool, thanks for the actual context!
(Sorry, I wish I was better at that. I’m more okay at jokes than finding historical context and feel a bit bad about that for this community.)
That’s cool - my sense of humor is a bit too wry for most people, so I appreciate those with a better reach!
That’s interesting, apparently the photographer
Henri Manuel (24 April 1874 – 11 September 1947) was a French photographer who served as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 to 1944.
I didn’t even know countries had national photographers, let alone one who covered both world wars. Wild!
Also, thanks, I started looking through his photography and have a few ideas for more fakehistoryporn!
You’re welcome :) One of the things I really like about historyporn / fakehistoryporn photos is that, when I look into their background a bit, there’s often fascinating little bits of trivia that I learn!
Reality: Parisians crossing a makeshift bridge during a flood.
Damn, this would actually go really well on HistoryPorn itself
High praise! I always think about taking stuff from actual HistoryPorn but folks don’t seem to enjoy the repetition… Hence, probably won’t crosspost. But please feel free to! (Plus you have infinitely more lemmy “cred” than I.)
Was this inadvertently the largest game of “the floor is lava” ever played?
Just as good and only half the cost!
