The Lost Garden of a Colonial Past (Sorry for the choppy audio!)

*Edit: about 18 minutes in my microphone started cutting out periodically - apologies for that annoyance!

Nestled deep in the Bois de Vincennes is an exotic universe frozen in time - so obscure it remains hidden to most Parisians. We’ll explore a gallery of remnants from the days of France’s colonial expansion, including the Colonial Expo of 1907.

*I owe special credit to the book “Le Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale” by Isabelle L’évêque, which was a valuable source of information & photographs while researching this episode.
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Image Credits:
-Google Map screenshots: © 2020 Google, Inc.
-Animation of French colonization: public domain via Wikipedia
-Exposition Coloniale de Marseille 1906: © Collection Alain Mermier
-Illustrated montage of 1907 Expo in Paris: private collection, cl. I. Levêque
-Illustrated cover of Journal des Voyages: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD
-Map of 1907 Expo in Paris: private collection, cl. I. Levêque
-Postcard of Chinese gate at the Grand Palais: public domain, photographer unknown
-Installation of Chinese gate to Bois de Vincennes: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD
-Worshippers sat around small pagoda: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne
-Original maison cochinchinoise: © Les Monuments du Souvenir Indochinois
-Back of La Maison Cochinchinoise overlooking pond: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD
-Women having tea along pond: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne
-Men sat in front of Tunisia Pavillon: postcard via Musée de Nogent-sur-Marne
-La serre du Dahomey: © Bibliothèque Historique du CIRAD
-Interiors of the Palace of Indo-China © Corey Frye

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