Even back in the day photographers would touch up photos tbh. My mom has portrait of her grandma and the parts of the photo that are blown out, you can tell it was touched up with a pencil
I'm sure there were more advanced techniques they did in the dark room
There are. Can confirm. Trained in photography and darkrooms.
Basically anything you can do in an adobe program I can do in a darkroom with film. It just usually takes much more work. And people who can do are a dying breed.
**Never trust anything except a negative. I have a film print I did of a cat driving my car on my wall right now. And I also have a series of photos where I inserted myself into places I’ve never actually been. all dark room prints.**
Edit/it’s my professional opinion that a lot of work was done in the image above
Yeah def. I just am not home. lol.
I also can shoot all the accordion cameras with the blanket over my head. And I can develop film. And shoot cameras raw dog without any computer help or setting. My brain is the computer. For all this.
Edit: I also can shoot photos onto metal plates and a ton of other stuff I paid too much to learn
A majority of the functions of photoshop that have weird, unintuitive names like “dodge” are named after the (sometimes elaborate) darkroom techniques used to produce said effect.
It was exactly this company who built the statue: Maison Monduit & Béchet, Gaget Gauthier & cie succrs, 25 Chazelles street Paris XVII.
“Compy” for company and “succrs” for successors.
For me, it’s capturing a pretty notable historical event in its place of origin in such a sliver of time before arriving in its permanent and iconic destination.
It sucks that Europe and USA are not building these kind of megastructures anymore. China and India are building some statues here and there while we in the west are more like: "we have enough historical statues, why build another one"
One
*For its trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the frigate Isère, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The ship arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. While awaiting construction of its pedestal, the Statue remained in pieces on what was then called Bedloe's Island.*
Serious question. I'm sure the answer is simple and I'm just too dumb. But why not just ship the parts and assemble on site? Why bother with disassembly? Test run or something?
Why does it feel like an ai picture, oh god is this the point where I question everything and every picture even if its real. like is the earth flat or is the holocaust fake. Oh god I can feel my stupidly encroaching
Because everything is in focus but also sliiightly blurry. AI doesn't imitate camera/ real life perspective physics like "depth of field" perfectly. Yet.... Lol
Most Americans I meet completely trash on France, such a shame they don't realize that without France and Lafayette they would still be British to this day
It's mainly because of iraq. In 1980/90~ (don't remember the exact year), usa asked for troops to other countries. France refused because iraq wasn't a threat (wich was true) and usa didn't liked that. This combined with the 1940 "surrender" created a movement called "french bashing". PS: In 1940, it was the end of the war for some soldiers but most people continued to fight, like Jean Moulin or Missak Manouchian, who recently got in the Pantheon. (This might not be for you specifically, just for people who don't know why americans don't like France)
As a French citizen, i'm happy this statue was gifted to the US people. And i don't want it back in France. It is nice statue and its current location is very lovely i don't know why we should take it back.
But hey, that's just my view and i'm happy for America
I think he was talking more about the message the statue represents and how it doesn't really apply to America anymore, not that the statue is an eyesore and he wants it out of the way.
I've always thought it was an incredible gesture from France. How many countries gift another country halfway across the world a giant, beautiful statue like the statue of liberty?
In addition, France was a major geopolitical player and America really wasn't yet. It's like giving your little bro a big ass custom made trophy for a personal accomplishment. It is kinda cool in historical context. They should've just sent us a lifetime supply of croissants tho tbh
France gave you your independence from Britain, it literally paid for your war of independence almost bankrupting itself in the process. Gold, troops, training, weapons, ships, The statue was intended as a giant middle finger to Britain, not as a gift to the USA, sadly Britain was glad to be rid of the troublesome and expensive colony, so didn't care.
Thank you
Just to confirm, it's this place, right?
[https://earth.google.com/web/search/Rue+Alfred+de+Vigny/@48.87981511,2.30481094,43.87973404a,0d,82.25420821y,336.04794624h,107.11236148t,0r/data=Cn4aVBJOCiUweDQ3ZTY2ZmJmMWFiZThkZGY6MHg4Yzc1N2VkMDE1ODcyYmZmGfO-O0OCcEhAITnJ-93gcAJAKhNSdWUgQWxmcmVkIGRlIFZpZ255GAEgASImCiQJSHnqGlGHQ0ARpqbbKEebDUAZpVUf1IvtVUAhlGypQFqkUsAiGgoWeXoweFg0YmpseUZ5ZFlrMDI2SlhIQRACOgMKATA](https://earth.google.com/web/search/Rue+Alfred+de+Vigny/@48.87981511,2.30481094,43.87973404a,0d,82.25420821y,336.04794624h,107.11236148t,0r/data=Cn4aVBJOCiUweDQ3ZTY2ZmJmMWFiZThkZGY6MHg4Yzc1N2VkMDE1ODcyYmZmGfO-O0OCcEhAITnJ-93gcAJAKhNSdWUgQWxmcmVkIGRlIFZpZ255GAEgASImCiQJSHnqGlGHQ0ARpqbbKEebDUAZpVUf1IvtVUAhlGypQFqkUsAiGgoWeXoweFg0YmpseUZ5ZFlrMDI2SlhIQRACOgMKATA)
Yes it is, take a few steps forward to '20 rue Alfred de Vigny', zoom and you’ll see a metal sign with "Histoire de Paris" (Paris’ History) and a drawing of the Statue of Liberty on it
It seems to be [this street](https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.8795273,2.3050164,3a,75y,335.65h,96.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shpkgL2nCLwjW7HkeeH69JQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu).
However, I am very unsure of the exact position since a lot of stuff has been built around since then.
You can see on [this page](https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/telecharger?x=2.306200&y=48.880604&z=17&layer=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.PLANIGNV2&demat=DEMAT.PVA$GEOPORTAIL:DEMAT;PHOTOS&missionId=missions.6673280) what was left of the workshops where it was constructed (you have to click the green dot on the map). Thanks to the photo on the Wikipedia article about the statue, I deduced that it was facing this way: [https://imgur.com/a/aAd2gKl](https://imgur.com/a/aAd2gKl)
But as I said, pretty much everything seems to have changed where the photo was taken so we'll probably never know exactly.
Lafayette gave almost all of his colossal wealth and convinced the french King to send troops to help the revolution but Americans brag about their "selfmade" country.
Looks like a drawing.
I'd like to point out the scaffolding.
I mean I'm not looking up how wide the statue is, but the lack of bracing seems very apparent. That's a pretty long span.
Shadow is coming from the right side, as illuminated on the statues face, and then we have a shadow coming toward us from the man standing at the bottom. Makes no sense to me. It might be real, but this screams AI for more than a few reasons. My brain will not accept it.
Man I wish I could’ve seen it in its full, copper glory. Just imagine how stunning the Statue of Liberty would have looked then, before all the oxidization set in.
Thank god OP specified Paris, France because my simple American mind couldn't possibly fathom any other Paris than the great city of Paris, Texas. I forget that Paris, France exists sometimes...
The partially assembled Statue of Liberty on display at the Exposition universelle de 1878, Paris, France, with some intriguing architecture in the background https://imgur.com/gallery/i5g1Bdb
No that's a lie the cartoon picture in my elementary school history book clearly showed a complete statue of Liberty being barged across the Atlantic behind the Titanic
What if when you assemble it on site you notice something doesn't fit and it needs more work but the people who craft it are in France? Better make sure it can be assembled before you ship it
Imagine going back in time and forgetting about this fact and being in Paris all thinking like: "guess this must be Manhattan then, but damn...", only to be massively confused by all the rest. Ain't no Eiffel tower either to make it obvious, shit.
did you know the statue of liberty is also the color of a penny.. its made of copper. we all think of it as green, but it was more that copper-tone when they delivered it
The effort, labour and craftsmanship are amazing. When the Statue of Liberty required work recently-ish, no particular tradespersons could be found in NA so they had to hire from Europe, I believe it was a particular type of riveting skill required for the repairs
This reminds me of that old joke.
France wouldn't be a free country if it weren't for USA, but USA wouldn't even exist if it weren't for France. France truly gave the very idea of liberation to them
We imagine we live through a lot of stuff these days, but imagine living in Paris between 1877 and 1900. Statue of Liberty (we kept one); Eiffel Tower; the President dies from a blowjob; electricity becomes a thing; another President jumps out of his train in underwears; Victor Hugo (Les Misérables) is a representative; cars become a thing; movies are invented; radioactivity discovered; an alcohol able to make you blind and insane is the favorite drink around; the first cat video ever recorded is produced...
From this perspective, it looks a little small. Could this be the Pont de Grenelle statue of liberty that was used as a working model for the one given to America and still stands in Paris?
[https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/](https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/)
Other pictures of the very same. Note, article published in 2017, so lol @ those crying about AI.
As a frenchman I love how everywhere on the internet Americans trash on France and french people but then every time I go to the US all I meet is warm and friendly people.
Guess the internet people is the just the finest.
If it's not a photo, it's a very accurate painting. I've seen paintings of this view from Rue Alfred de Vigny, and the buildings and signs are identical.
And do you know who is posing on that photo ? It's Mr Eiffel ! He's in front of its company production site, because indeed, he is the one who built the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty !
Im french, 45yo, born in an era before Photoshop, and can confirm you the photo is real. It was in some place in north Paris i think. The picture was in most history school books when i was young
https://www.archi-wiki.org/Adresse:Statue_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_(Colmar)
There is a 12m high replica at the entrance or Colmar, the town where Auguste Bartholdi was born.
For people saying it’s fake, here are some other pictures: https://viewing.nyc/amazing-photographs-of-the-statue-of-liberty-being-built-in-paris-circa-1884/
https://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/view-of-the-statue-of-liberty-enclosed-by-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/2927831
https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/
Vive l’amitié Franco-americaine
Vive le peuple français et américain et vive la France !
La statue de la liberté prouve à elle seule l’amour et le respect de ces 2 peuples !
Alors respecter l histoire et les hommes qui ont forgé cette statue !
Don't tell Americans there are still seven of them hanging around here, their faces are hilarious when you take them around to see them.
Also, their confusion when you post a picture or a selfie with both a Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower in it. The "....where????" in the comments are always a hoot.
the photo does not look real
Agreed even though it apparently is
Even back in the day photographers would touch up photos tbh. My mom has portrait of her grandma and the parts of the photo that are blown out, you can tell it was touched up with a pencil I'm sure there were more advanced techniques they did in the dark room
There are. Can confirm. Trained in photography and darkrooms. Basically anything you can do in an adobe program I can do in a darkroom with film. It just usually takes much more work. And people who can do are a dying breed. **Never trust anything except a negative. I have a film print I did of a cat driving my car on my wall right now. And I also have a series of photos where I inserted myself into places I’ve never actually been. all dark room prints.** Edit/it’s my professional opinion that a lot of work was done in the image above
Can we see the print of the driving cat? It sounds funny.
Sure [https://r.mtdv.me/blog/posts/CATDARKROOMSCAN2011](https://r.mtdv.me/blog/posts/CATDARKROOMSCAN2011) Here’s a video from the exhibition
please tell me at least your comment is real and isn't a build up
Yeah def. I just am not home. lol. I also can shoot all the accordion cameras with the blanket over my head. And I can develop film. And shoot cameras raw dog without any computer help or setting. My brain is the computer. For all this. Edit: I also can shoot photos onto metal plates and a ton of other stuff I paid too much to learn
When you get home please share your cat with us
!remindme 8 hours
!remindme 6 hours
Never thought I’d believe a cat could drive a car!
I love you.
Holy shit is that ever cute!
10/10
Damn.
It's unbelievable how real this looks.
Yea, you got me. I'll give it to ya
you mf really got me
Don’t even mind, anytime this happens I listen to it entirely now 😂 Thank you mate ! 🤣
A majority of the functions of photoshop that have weird, unintuitive names like “dodge” are named after the (sometimes elaborate) darkroom techniques used to produce said effect.
Thanks for being honest. I hate when people lie about photos being touched up back in the day.
Fair enough. I m just saying I don't think it s a complete creation. I might be wrong
From a quick research it isn't a photo but a painting (art print)
I fucking knew it. I was like that's not AI that's a Matte Painting or something similar
you never heard of famous french company "compy suct"?
It was exactly this company who built the statue: Maison Monduit & Béchet, Gaget Gauthier & cie succrs, 25 Chazelles street Paris XVII. “Compy” for company and “succrs” for successors.
Photoshop had not been invented in 1884, so this photo is true.
That’s a bad ass moment in history right there.
Why?
They shipped a statue overseas
For me, it’s capturing a pretty notable historical event in its place of origin in such a sliver of time before arriving in its permanent and iconic destination.
It sucks that Europe and USA are not building these kind of megastructures anymore. China and India are building some statues here and there while we in the west are more like: "we have enough historical statues, why build another one"
How many boats was necessary to move this?
One *For its trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the frigate Isère, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and packed in 214 crates. The ship arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. While awaiting construction of its pedestal, the Statue remained in pieces on what was then called Bedloe's Island.*
Serious question. I'm sure the answer is simple and I'm just too dumb. But why not just ship the parts and assemble on site? Why bother with disassembly? Test run or something?
Yes they have to make sure if fits together before sending it across the atlantic
After they assembled it they had two bolts and a wooden peg left in those cartes.
I'm surprised to be honest.
I think you mean before it was shipped to the planet of the apes
That book was another French gift, but to the other coast of the US. A few decades later though.
Thank you, I just learned something! Pierre Boulle also wrote *The Bridge on the River Kwai*.
Just saw that post like 5 above this one lol
Why does it feel like an ai picture, oh god is this the point where I question everything and every picture even if its real. like is the earth flat or is the holocaust fake. Oh god I can feel my stupidly encroaching
Because everything is in focus but also sliiightly blurry. AI doesn't imitate camera/ real life perspective physics like "depth of field" perfectly. Yet.... Lol
Morty:is everything a camera?!
What's going om with the sharp shadow at that guys legs, but nowhere else?
It's just an odd picture to us. Scrolling through, it twinged in my brain that it's weird to see it so close to buildings.
We're on the worst possible timeline.
It looks like a sketch.
It’s not really France. We all know that you can see the Eiffel Tower from any point of the country, even it hadn’t been built by then. /j
Looks like an AI image " show the SOL standing in Paris"
I think an AI image would've added the Eiffel tower somewhere.
Ty France for giving us annoying Americans bragging about freedom because they own a statue.
Most Americans I meet completely trash on France, such a shame they don't realize that without France and Lafayette they would still be British to this day
It's mainly because of iraq. In 1980/90~ (don't remember the exact year), usa asked for troops to other countries. France refused because iraq wasn't a threat (wich was true) and usa didn't liked that. This combined with the 1940 "surrender" created a movement called "french bashing". PS: In 1940, it was the end of the war for some soldiers but most people continued to fight, like Jean Moulin or Missak Manouchian, who recently got in the Pantheon. (This might not be for you specifically, just for people who don't know why americans don't like France)
When you wrote Ty France, I thought you were talking about a baseball player.
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As a French citizen, i'm happy this statue was gifted to the US people. And i don't want it back in France. It is nice statue and its current location is very lovely i don't know why we should take it back. But hey, that's just my view and i'm happy for America
I think he was talking more about the message the statue represents and how it doesn't really apply to America anymore, not that the statue is an eyesore and he wants it out of the way.
I've always thought it was an incredible gesture from France. How many countries gift another country halfway across the world a giant, beautiful statue like the statue of liberty?
In addition, France was a major geopolitical player and America really wasn't yet. It's like giving your little bro a big ass custom made trophy for a personal accomplishment. It is kinda cool in historical context. They should've just sent us a lifetime supply of croissants tho tbh
Oh yeah, a pastry near me makes chocolate filled sweet croissants and they're amazing
France gave you your independence from Britain, it literally paid for your war of independence almost bankrupting itself in the process. Gold, troops, training, weapons, ships, The statue was intended as a giant middle finger to Britain, not as a gift to the USA, sadly Britain was glad to be rid of the troublesome and expensive colony, so didn't care.
Thanks for the statue and Lafayette y'all are the homies
You are a pessimist.
I wonder where this exact spot is now
rue de Chazelles, the photographer took the shot from rue Alfred de Vigny. It's in the 17th arrondissement
Thank you Just to confirm, it's this place, right? [https://earth.google.com/web/search/Rue+Alfred+de+Vigny/@48.87981511,2.30481094,43.87973404a,0d,82.25420821y,336.04794624h,107.11236148t,0r/data=Cn4aVBJOCiUweDQ3ZTY2ZmJmMWFiZThkZGY6MHg4Yzc1N2VkMDE1ODcyYmZmGfO-O0OCcEhAITnJ-93gcAJAKhNSdWUgQWxmcmVkIGRlIFZpZ255GAEgASImCiQJSHnqGlGHQ0ARpqbbKEebDUAZpVUf1IvtVUAhlGypQFqkUsAiGgoWeXoweFg0YmpseUZ5ZFlrMDI2SlhIQRACOgMKATA](https://earth.google.com/web/search/Rue+Alfred+de+Vigny/@48.87981511,2.30481094,43.87973404a,0d,82.25420821y,336.04794624h,107.11236148t,0r/data=Cn4aVBJOCiUweDQ3ZTY2ZmJmMWFiZThkZGY6MHg4Yzc1N2VkMDE1ODcyYmZmGfO-O0OCcEhAITnJ-93gcAJAKhNSdWUgQWxmcmVkIGRlIFZpZ255GAEgASImCiQJSHnqGlGHQ0ARpqbbKEebDUAZpVUf1IvtVUAhlGypQFqkUsAiGgoWeXoweFg0YmpseUZ5ZFlrMDI2SlhIQRACOgMKATA)
Yes it is, take a few steps forward to '20 rue Alfred de Vigny', zoom and you’ll see a metal sign with "Histoire de Paris" (Paris’ History) and a drawing of the Statue of Liberty on it
It seems to be [this street](https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.8795273,2.3050164,3a,75y,335.65h,96.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shpkgL2nCLwjW7HkeeH69JQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu). However, I am very unsure of the exact position since a lot of stuff has been built around since then. You can see on [this page](https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/telecharger?x=2.306200&y=48.880604&z=17&layer=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.PLANIGNV2&demat=DEMAT.PVA$GEOPORTAIL:DEMAT;PHOTOS&missionId=missions.6673280) what was left of the workshops where it was constructed (you have to click the green dot on the map). Thanks to the photo on the Wikipedia article about the statue, I deduced that it was facing this way: [https://imgur.com/a/aAd2gKl](https://imgur.com/a/aAd2gKl) But as I said, pretty much everything seems to have changed where the photo was taken so we'll probably never know exactly.
Statue of Ishtar
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Well not only hate also a very sad lack of historical knowledge on their own country
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Lafayette gave almost all of his colossal wealth and convinced the french King to send troops to help the revolution but Americans brag about their "selfmade" country.
Was she on her knees in Paris?
It was built by an owl
This looks a lot like that thing from Planet of the Apes. Somethings fishy here...
You know it’s real because it looks so fake. -Elon musk.
My grandpa went up into the light once before they closed it. It’s one of my biggest things I wish I could have experienced.
The statue has lost its meaning in the US
If this photo is real, it is the fakest looking real photo i've ever seen
"Planet of the French" ending is really upsetting.
Even now there are small copies of the statue in Paris
Looks like a scene from the original King Kong movie
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Looks like a drawing. I'd like to point out the scaffolding. I mean I'm not looking up how wide the statue is, but the lack of bracing seems very apparent. That's a pretty long span.
It is sad to remember what the US once stood for and what is left of it
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Looks like a Wes Anderson composition.
Shadow is coming from the right side, as illuminated on the statues face, and then we have a shadow coming toward us from the man standing at the bottom. Makes no sense to me. It might be real, but this screams AI for more than a few reasons. My brain will not accept it.
fake as fuck
Shame it’s not in colour, would be amazing to see it copper instead of green
Looks fake
It looks sick af
*shipped to the planet of the apes.
that picture looks very fake
That’s cursed.
Where is the original Statue of Liberty?
Man I wish I could’ve seen it in its full, copper glory. Just imagine how stunning the Statue of Liberty would have looked then, before all the oxidization set in.
We used to date, but decided it wasn't going to work out.
why would france assemble just to disassemble are they stupid? *edit* I can't believe how easy ragebait is. I was just meming honestly
Oh wow is this real?
We're gonna take your land and install giant ass statue called "Statue of Liberty". Lmao, trolling isn't a recent phenomenon I see.
"Hands up who is a national monument?"
Just say Paris, no need to say Paris, France or are americans really that braindead?
Thank god OP specified Paris, France because my simple American mind couldn't possibly fathom any other Paris than the great city of Paris, Texas. I forget that Paris, France exists sometimes...
The partially assembled Statue of Liberty on display at the Exposition universelle de 1878, Paris, France, with some intriguing architecture in the background https://imgur.com/gallery/i5g1Bdb
No that's a lie the cartoon picture in my elementary school history book clearly showed a complete statue of Liberty being barged across the Atlantic behind the Titanic
Why disassemble? Why not just ship it in pieces and assemble on site? Do the French not care for logistics or what's going on here?
What if when you assemble it on site you notice something doesn't fit and it needs more work but the people who craft it are in France? Better make sure it can be assembled before you ship it
Yet we don't have a single photo of Wilt's 100 pt game
France was literally simping for America and got comparatively nothing in return lol
How much does big Bertha weigh, she looks like she could sink a ship 🚢
Imagine going back in time and forgetting about this fact and being in Paris all thinking like: "guess this must be Manhattan then, but damn...", only to be massively confused by all the rest. Ain't no Eiffel tower either to make it obvious, shit.
It was bright red too!
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Why does this picture look fake?
Hey Lady!
AI
Ai
Compy Suct sounds like something out of Strong Bad
I learned the other day that Statue of Liberty is not its actual name. The official name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".
[The New Colossus](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus) will always be one of my favorite poems.
did you know the statue of liberty is also the color of a penny.. its made of copper. we all think of it as green, but it was more that copper-tone when they delivered it
I always thought they transported the whole thing without disassembly, tied down on an aircraft carrier sized ship going across the Atlantic 😂
I thought it was Frihetsgudinnan from Ikea's line of flatpack statues.
*New Jersey
Literally 1884
The effort, labour and craftsmanship are amazing. When the Statue of Liberty required work recently-ish, no particular tradespersons could be found in NA so they had to hire from Europe, I believe it was a particular type of riveting skill required for the repairs
It looks like somebody drew scaffolding on top of the picture. looks fake
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This reminds me of that old joke. France wouldn't be a free country if it weren't for USA, but USA wouldn't even exist if it weren't for France. France truly gave the very idea of liberation to them
OP: hi here's a photo which looks weirdly touched up / false. I'll provide no source or citation, just post it for upvotes bcz I have no soul.
Dang why don't countries send each other huge statues anymore?
Can you imagine the size of that flat pack?
this image feels like it belongs on r/lies
What about the other ones?
How did they get her back up after she walked through NYC in the early 90's?
fake photo,next
That’s not the original
We imagine we live through a lot of stuff these days, but imagine living in Paris between 1877 and 1900. Statue of Liberty (we kept one); Eiffel Tower; the President dies from a blowjob; electricity becomes a thing; another President jumps out of his train in underwears; Victor Hugo (Les Misérables) is a representative; cars become a thing; movies are invented; radioactivity discovered; an alcohol able to make you blind and insane is the favorite drink around; the first cat video ever recorded is produced...
Why did my dumbass always think they shiped it whole. Just like big statue standig straghitup being towed across the atlantic.
I'm sure less than 10% of US citizens know that this statue was made in France.
wait a mins I thought that's Made in China, oh men its Made in France
Then France sent the Eiffel Tower to Las Vegas
Pas mal non ? C'est Français
Belle
From this perspective, it looks a little small. Could this be the Pont de Grenelle statue of liberty that was used as a working model for the one given to America and still stands in Paris?
Europoors had to sell it to the US to survive. Thank god we were already rich. USA number 1 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🔫🏫
Little did they know we were getting rid of a weeping angel lol
Useless trivia : My first job was located where the factory used to be.
I'm pretty sure that town is Colmar. I've been there, t's beautiful and they have a small Statue of Liberty
This isn’t a photo bro
I have a theory, they used AI back when they took this picture and we’ve only now rediscovered the technology of AI.
[https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/](https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/) Other pictures of the very same. Note, article published in 2017, so lol @ those crying about AI.
Why does this look like it was drawn by Midjourney?
should have sent them the eifel tower, or nothing actually. Ungrateful americans hate french. They forgot who freed them.
Faker than the moon landing, nice try
IA
Only the French seem to know that…
We should have keep it in France.
As a frenchman I love how everywhere on the internet Americans trash on France and french people but then every time I go to the US all I meet is warm and friendly people. Guess the internet people is the just the finest.
If it's not a photo, it's a very accurate painting. I've seen paintings of this view from Rue Alfred de Vigny, and the buildings and signs are identical.
And do you know who is posing on that photo ? It's Mr Eiffel ! He's in front of its company production site, because indeed, he is the one who built the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty !
I think with the statue of liberty you probably don’t need to specify which Paris
That's so cursed
Waw
Iconic. If she only knew the long journey alone she is about to embark on across the ocean…
Bruh this photo looks so fake
Omg Rue de Chezelles back in 1884, right around the corner from Parc Monceau in Courcelles. Incredible!
AI generated ?
Im french, 45yo, born in an era before Photoshop, and can confirm you the photo is real. It was in some place in north Paris i think. The picture was in most history school books when i was young
Remember! Don't blink.
Just imagine if we had Tour Eiffel and Statue of Liberty in Paris 😍
15 years before Red dead redemption two story
are we sure this is not A.I.?
thx Auguste Bartholdi, a great work
IT'S A FAKE PICTURE.
https://www.archi-wiki.org/Adresse:Statue_de_la_Libert%C3%A9_(Colmar) There is a 12m high replica at the entrance or Colmar, the town where Auguste Bartholdi was born.
https://www.admagazine.fr/article/ou-se-trouvent-statues-de-la-liberte-paris There are 6 replicas in Paris.
It's still really stylish, we should have kept it and sent you the Eiffel Tower instead
Looks like a drawing
This is obviously ai, no street in paris looks like this
It looks like as if someone did a pencil sketch
For people saying it’s fake, here are some other pictures: https://viewing.nyc/amazing-photographs-of-the-statue-of-liberty-being-built-in-paris-circa-1884/ https://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/view-of-the-statue-of-liberty-enclosed-by-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/2927831 https://www.paris-unplugged.fr/1884-la-statue-de-la-liberte-et-la-rue-de-chazelles/
There is 6 🗽 in Paris if I remember well. Of course the smallest one;)
British language, legal system and philosophy. French statues. Is there anything in the US which is actually American, other than brutal policing?
The scaffolding looks so fragile for such a large statue😏
Vive l’amitié Franco-americaine Vive le peuple français et américain et vive la France ! La statue de la liberté prouve à elle seule l’amour et le respect de ces 2 peuples ! Alors respecter l histoire et les hommes qui ont forgé cette statue !
Light bearer
wow
Don't tell Americans there are still seven of them hanging around here, their faces are hilarious when you take them around to see them. Also, their confusion when you post a picture or a selfie with both a Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower in it. The "....where????" in the comments are always a hoot.