Happy 125th Birthday to the Eiffel Tower! Or should we say, Bonne anniversaire à la Tour Eiffel!
Now an iconic part of the Parisian landscape, Gustave Eiffel’s eponymous tower first opened to the public 125 years ago on March 31, 1889 as part of the Exposition Universelle.
Excerpted from: RESULTS OF STRATEGIC BOMBING IN THE PARIS AREA, 1944
From the series: Motion Picture Films from the “Combat Subjects” Program Series, ca. 1939 - ca. 1945
(Source: research.archives.gov, via todaysdocument)
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