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In addition to "official" displays of engineering, inventions, and art, every World’s Fair had quirky side attractions as well. One of the most popular in 1900 was the Guillaume brothers’ theater, where puppets acted out scenes from Parisian life. The show changed regularly, offering a satirical take on the events of the day. These cards reproduce part of the theater’s painted exterior.
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Exposition Universelle de 1900. - Théatre des Bonshommes Gillaume. (La Frise) -CanCan dancers.
French
1900
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph and metallic pigment on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2017.4971
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
In addition to "official" displays of engineering, inventions, and art, every World’s Fair had quirky side attractions as well. One of the most popular in 1900 was the Guillaume brothers’ theater, where puppets acted out scenes from Parisian life. The show changed regularly, offering a satirical take on the events of the day. These cards reproduce part of the theater’s painted exterior.
DescriptionFront: Paris. - Imp. Courmont Fréres, 10, rue Bréguet.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Signed
A Guillaume
Provenance1950s through 2017, sold by various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States to Leonard A. Lauder, New York; 2017, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2017)