Henri Manuel
The Maison Laffitte hippodrome, west of Paris, is flooded by the flood of the Seine. Jockeys and others find the typical french chairs under the trees, a safe haven. Paris, 1924.
Oh cool, thanks for the actual context!
(Sorry, I wish I was better at that. I'm more okay at jokes than finding historical context and feel a bit bad about that for this community.)
That's cool - my sense of humor is a bit too wry for most people, so I appreciate those with a better reach!
Reality: Parisians crossing a makeshift bridge during a flood.
Damn, this would actually go really well on HistoryPorn itself
High praise! I always think about taking stuff from actual HistoryPorn but folks don't seem to enjoy the repetition... Hence, probably won't crosspost. But please feel free to! (Plus you have infinitely more lemmy "cred" than I.)
Was this inadvertently the largest game of "the floor is lava" ever played?
Just as good and only half the cost!
