View of the Eiffel tower and the grounds of the Exposition Universelle on the Champs de Mars with Seine and the Pont d’Iena in the foreground, Paris, taken from a balloon above the Trocadero. Paris, France. Between April and October 1889. [1280×877]
>Title: [Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower in center foreground, taken during the Paris Exposition of 1889]
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>Creator(s): [Liébert, A. (Alphonse), 1826-1913 or 1914](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?fi=name&q=Li%C3%A9bert%2C%20A.%20%28Alphonse%29%2C%201826-1913%20or%201914), photographer
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>Date Created/Published: [1889]
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>Medium: 1 photographic print.
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>Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-94573 (b&w film copy neg.)
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>Call Number: LOT 7586 [item] [P&P]
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>Notes: Tissandier Collection.
The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated on March 31, 1889.
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From the [Library of Congress page](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/92514596/):
>Title: [Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower in center foreground, taken during the Paris Exposition of 1889]
>
>Creator(s): [Liébert, A. (Alphonse), 1826-1913 or 1914](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?fi=name&q=Li%C3%A9bert%2C%20A.%20%28Alphonse%29%2C%201826-1913%20or%201914), photographer
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>Date Created/Published: [1889]
>
>Medium: 1 photographic print.
>
>Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-94573 (b&w film copy neg.)
>
>Call Number: LOT 7586 [item] [P&P]
>
>Notes: Tissandier Collection.
The Eiffel Tower was inaugurated on March 31, 1889.