Henri Lemoine (1848-1924) was the incarnation of the typical
Sunday photographer. The hundreds of shots acquired from his descendants
reveal the spectator curious of the life of his time.
Bois d'Amour at Pont-Aven
Bois de Boulogne, skating on the big lake
Group portrait and photographer's back
Guinguette à Poissy
Haymaking
Les Halles de Paris
Palais du Trocadéro
People and carriages, Bois de Boulogne
People at the racetrack
People at the racetrack
Racetrack, day of drag, Auteuil
[Google translated "journée de drag" as "day of drag", which seems weird.
Could "drag" be a French colloquiallism meaning "race"? That would make more sense.]
Racetrack, women with parasols
Team of horses on a site
Venise, le Quai des Esclavons
Village street scene
Visit of the Russian fleet to Toulon in 1883
You're right, "drag" means "horse race". I think it was a popular kind of race on the tracks a century ago : a first horse was starting before the others, as if there was some fox to hunt.
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