two images for today , both engravings from original french newspapers "le Monde illustré" (the illustrated world)
first is from April 30 1859 issue , scene inside the Napoleon barracks in Paris , the 84th of line leave for Toulon and italy , from a sketch by Mr Robert , a lieutnant in this regiment says the newspaper...
second , may 7 1859, Lyon railroad station In Paris , the infantry leave for Italy
note the cantinières in both images ...
Really nice images. Thank you for posting these. Great images of Cantinieres.
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