vendôme column

Place Vendôme and the Colonne Vendôme in Paris between 1887 and 1900

Place Vendôme; General Staff Officers Supervising Felling Arrangements of the Column in 1871.

The scaffolding is mounted on top of the column for the assembly of the statue. The workers and foremen pose on the scaffolding on which is fixed the sign "E DUPREZ / carpenter". Ropes hang from the top of the column. Another sign is fixed at the bottom of the column, near a ladder: "E. DUPREZ /...

Following the suppression of the Commune, the Vendôme Column was rebuilt in 1873.

This scene shows cables tied o the column to be used to pull down the Column of the Grand Army on May 16th 1871 by the Communards.

Destruction of Vendôme Column in 1871 Paris

Demolished Vendôme Column, Paris 1871

Vendôme Column and Felling Machinery, Paris, 1871

Column of Place Vendôme shortly after it falls, May 16th 1871, Paris

Communards and Gustave Courbet pose with the statue of Napoléon I from the toppled Vendôme column, Paris 1871