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Chusseau - Flaviens
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Chusseau-Flaviens
This selection of images comes from a
collection of more than 10,000 glass
plate negatives held at George Eastman
House by Ch. Chusseau-Flaviens. The
collection came to George Eastman House
in 1975 from Kodak Pathé in France.
While little is known about this vast
collection of work, its diversity
suggests it may be a picture file
gathered from the work of more than one
individual. In the early years of the
twentieth century, large caches of
images were accumulated by nascent photo
agencies such as Underwood &
Underwood, Paul Thompson, and others to
meet the demands of an emerging picture
press, which published illustrated
weekly or monthly magazines.
The photographs in the collection
represent a time span from the 1890s
until just before World War I, depicting
social and political figures and events
throughout Europe and the colonial
empires in the Near East and the Far
East. Featured subjects included
activities of the leisure classes or
"society," political unrest in
Spain and England, and prewar buildup of
European military forces.
61 photos | 10,827 views
items are from 17 Jul 2008.