Illuminated Newsstand
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Illuminated newsstand. New station for selling newspapers on the Paris boulevards.
Description:
A few Parisians are gathered around a newsstand: some are reading the headlines in the windows, one is leaning on the counter ready to buy a newspaper, and another is reading the magazine L’Illustration in front of the kiosk.
The scene takes place in the evening to emphasize that the newsstand is illuminated from within. This sort of stall was only beginning to emerge at the time. The company that built them received government approval, and kiosks quickly came to replace the makeshift shelters constructed by newspaper sellers, who were required to remain in the same spot without being allowed to move around, to protect themselves from bad weather.
The caption reads in the original French: Kioskes lumineux. Nouveaux bureaux pour la vente des journaux sur les boulevards.
