1) La rue de l’Arsenal, à Cavite. 2) Le chemin royal Nagsubu à Cavite [Royal Road…]

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hand-coloured photoprint. Two views of Cavite from L’Illustration, Journal Universel’ . This weekly French magazine, founded by Edouard Charton, was published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. L’Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph in 1891 and a colour photograph in 1907. The magazine was shut down in 1944 following the Liberation of Paris. Another version re-opened in 1945 under the name France-Illustration, but went bankrupt in 1957.