Keywords: Bird's-Eye View of Paris from Arch of Triumph.jpg from historic lecture booklet Population 2 907 000 Paris the capital of the French Republic is a very beautiful city with broad boulevards and numerous buildings of unusual interest In its great museums are many of the world's most precious works of art This city is located on the Seine and is in the midst of a rich agricultural country it is also on the highway of travel from the Mediterranean countries northward through the valley of the Seine Paris is an important railroad center and is also a port for the smaller ocean-going vessels Many different industries were established here because it was easy to bring in raw material and to distribute manufactured goods from this center Original Collection Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides Item Number P217 set 051 018 Flickr http //flickr com/photos/34586311 N05/4821507339 Bird's-Eye View of Paris from Arch of Triumph 1915-01-01 00 00 00 http //www flickr com/people/34586311 N05 OSU Special Collections Archives Commons User Flickr upload bot/upload-pd 08 50 22 October 2012 UTC Paris 16 PD-art Eiffel Tower from the Arc de Triomphe Grande Roue de Paris |