The former Trocadéro Palace building can be seen in the distance from the vantage point of the Seine River in Paris.

Alphonse Gibory: 1873-1952

Alphonse Gibory was born on February 2, 1873 in Paris, France. He was a cinematographer, known for La réponse du destin (1926), Whirlpool of Fate (1925) and Le père Goriot (1921). He died on May 19, 1952 in Paris, France. –IMDb (2024) (the artist was active as an amateur from 1902-09 and exhibited in the (Photo Club de Paris?) Salons of 1902, 1903, 1905, 1909.(Poivert-Le Pictorialism en France, p. 99)

The Trocadéro Palace was an eclectic building of Moorish and neo-Byzantine inspiration dating from the second half of the 19th century. Located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the Convent of the Visitandines de Chaillot between the Place du Trocadéro and the gardens of the same name, it comprised a 4,600-seat auditorium extended on either side by two curved wings, each housing a museum (the Musée des Monuments Français and the Musée d’Ethnographie), as well as conference rooms.

Built for the 1878 Exposition Universelle, it was not intended to outlast the event; although the building was eventually preserved for some sixty years, it was widely criticized for its architectural style, its progressive dilapidation, and the poor acoustics of its main hall, which was soon deserted by orchestras. It was dismantled in 1935 in preparation for the 1937 Exposition Universelle, to make way for a new building, the Palais de Chaillot. –Wikipedia (2024) continues…