sophie charlotte bavaria
France

The Duchess and the Bazar de la Charité

On 4 May 1897, a fire tore through the Bazar de la Charité, held in a large wooden shed, in Paris. The bazaar was built like a medieval fantasy street and one of its attractions, which used equipment with a system of ether and oxygen, rather than electricity, caught fire. Unfortunately, exits were not adequately [read more]