Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
Promenading on Avenue Des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Horse-drawn double-decker buses with passengers riding in the open, on top, as well as in the enclosed carriage below. People wearing hats and carrying parasols, seen sitting in numerous horse-drawn carriages. Several pedestrians cross the avenue, between the moving carriages. Carriage traffic is heavy in both directions. Place de la Concorde (Place de la Concorde 75008 Paris) and the Obelisk can be seen in the distance.
People stroll the grounds of the Paris Exposition, in 1900. Huge gardens and paths. The paths are lined with numerous chairs upon which only several people can be seen sitting. Women carrying parasols and wearing hats. The Palace of Electricity has large display of water fountains in front of it. The Eiffel Tower dominates the grounds.
Visitors on the grounds of the Paris Exposition of 1900, walk under and around the base of the Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France). Some women carry parasols. Men and women are fashionably dressed. View of Eiffel Tower from base up to top and down again. Buildings of the Exposition can be seen through the arch of the Tower.
Panorama of Place de L'Opera (Place de l'Opéra - 75002 Paris) in Paris, France. Heavy traffic of horses and carriages. Horse-drawn Bus with routing painted on its roof edge reading: Gare-St Lazare-Opera-Bourse-Les Halles. The Opera House, itself, seen prominently. Only one horseless carriage is seen. It appears to be 4-wheeled bicycle with single driver on top and front open seat for passenger(s). It looks to be belt driven (right rear wheel) possibly electric.
An elevator of Eiffel Tower (Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France) ascending. The girders of the Eiffel Tower seen. Views of the 1900 Paris exposition and of buildings surrounding the Champs De Mars.
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