The Comité Central des Houillères de France was an industrial lobby group that represented the interests of the owners of coal mines. It was active between 1887 and 1940, when the Vichy government dis
1924 numismatic by René Rozet
Jean Plichon, vice-president of the CCHF
Slag heap at Bruay-la-Buissière
Cover page of Affermage des canaux (1851)
The Musée social was a private French institution founded in 1894. In the early twentieth century it became an important center of research into topics such as city planning, social housing and labor
Frédéric Le Play. a sociologist whose views were influential among the early workers at the Musée social
Stepped boulevard design advocated by Eugène Hénard to create more green space in the city