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Background imageLillustre Collection: The assassination of President Paul Doumer, 1932. Creator: Unknown

The assassination of President Paul Doumer, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The assassination of President Paul Doumer, 1932. Reconstitution de l abominable attentat perpetre le 6 Mai 1932 contre M. le President Paul Doumer

Background imageLillustre Collection: A ballooning accident, 1932. Creator: Unknown

A ballooning accident, 1932. Creator: Unknown
A ballooning accident, 1932. Un Accident en Ballon. A Monsieur Debaisieux and two companions were injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the roof of police headquarters in Lille, France

Background imageLillustre Collection: Paul Doumer, President of the French Republic

Paul Doumer, President of the French Republic, assassinated on 6 May 1932. Monsieur Paul Doumer, President de la Republique Francaise, assassine le 6 Mai 1932

Background imageLillustre Collection: An audacious burglary, 1932. Creator: Unknown

An audacious burglary, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An audacious burglary, 1932. Un Audacieux Cambriolage. Masked robbers make a daring raid on a Paris bank in broad daylight, breaking into the safe

Background imageLillustre Collection: Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Twenty elephants in the flames, 1932. Vingt Elephants dans les Flammes. A fire at a menagerie in Antwerp, Belgium. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 1932]

Background imageLillustre Collection: An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Creator: Unknown

An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Un Attentat a Tokio

Background imageLillustre Collection: Shocking robbery by bandits in New York, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Shocking robbery by bandits in New York, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Shocking robbery by bandits in New York, 1932. Une Stupefiante Agression des Bandits de New-York. Rich society couple Mr and Mrs Olemberg are tied up and robbed in New York, USA

Background imageLillustre Collection: Tragedy at the bottom of a well, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Tragedy at the bottom of a well, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Tragedy at the bottom of a well, 1932. Une Tragedie au Fond d un Puits. A well-digger was trapped in a landslide while drilling

Background imageLillustre Collection: A dramatic abduction, 1932. Creator: Unknown

A dramatic abduction, 1932. Creator: Unknown
A dramatic abduction, 1932. Un Enlevement Dramatique. Police stop a kidnapping attempt on Georges Agabekov (1896-1938), chief of the OGPU Near Eastern Section, in a street of Constanta, Romania

Background imageLillustre Collection: Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Firedamp explosion, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Firedamp explosion, 1932. Coup de Grisou. On 9 December 1932, 7 miners were killed in an explosion at Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire. An 8th man died later

Background imageLillustre Collection: An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Creator: Unknown

An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An appalling cataclysm, 1932. Un Epouvantable Cataclysme. Buildings are torn apart and people are killed and injured during the destruction of Saint-Denis de la Reunion

Background imageLillustre Collection: The disaster of the Promethee, 1932. Creator: Unknown

The disaster of the Promethee, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The disaster of the " Promethee", 1932. La Catastrophe du " Promethee". The French Navy submarine Promethee (Prometheus) sank suddenly off the coast of Normandy on 7 July 1932

Background imageLillustre Collection: Will he make gold?, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Will he make gold?, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Will he make gold?, 1932. Fabriquera-t-il de l or?. Engineer Zbigniew Dunikowski claimed to be in possession of a secret formula which allowed him to obtain gold from ordinary sand and rocks

Background imageLillustre Collection: Albert Lebrun, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Albert Lebrun, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Albert Lebrun, 1932. Portrait of French prime minister Albert Francois Lebrun (1871-1950). M. Albert Lebrun; President de la Republique Francaise

Background imageLillustre Collection: The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown

The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. Creator: Unknown
The heroic ascent of Professor Piccard, 1932. L Heroique Ascension du Professeur Piccard

Background imageLillustre Collection: Flooding in southern France, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Flooding in southern France, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Flooding in southern France, 1932. Les Inondations du Midi. People fleeing as debris carried by floodwaters looms towards them. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal"

Background imageLillustre Collection: Tragic exodus, 1932. Creator: Unknown

Tragic exodus, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Tragic exodus, 1932. Exode Tragique. Chinese civilians fleeing Shanghai under Japanese bombing attacks. Front cover of " L Illustre du Petit Journal". [France, 14 February 1932]

Background imageLillustre Collection: A home destroyed, 1930. Creator: Unknown

A home destroyed, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A home destroyed, 1930. Le Foyer Detruit. Flooding in southern France: a distraught elderly couple salvage a few possessions from the wreckage of their home

Background imageLillustre Collection: The end of prohibition in America

The end of prohibition in America. The front cover of the L illustre Du Petit Journal. December 5, 1933, marks the end of Prohibition for the United States

Background imageLillustre Collection: Titanic vision

Titanic vision. The front cover of the L illustre Du Petit Journal

Background imageLillustre Collection: A meeting of the board of enquiry, 1934

A meeting of the board of enquiry, 1934
A meeting of the board of inquiry, 1934. The front cover of the L illustre Du Petit Journal, 18th March 1934


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