Ronald & Tony

The windmill of Pigalle

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Luc with original drawing on shop table, magnifier. Clear close-up date 1887 at lower right. Picture has wooden windmill high on mound with open wooden gallery, visible timber posts. All other words absent. : Karen: Eighteen eighty-seven. Is the date a clue?

Ronald consults official history on phone beside Tony. Girls across table with Luc, separated by display. : Ronald: The Moulin Rouge opened in 1889. Tony: Our windmill got there two years early!

Luc shows original drawing and modern street map, keeping original flat inside portfolio. He points uphill Montmartre. : Luc: My grandfather Henri drew it. He lived up the hill. Harly: We’ll take a photograph. The original stays here.

Team departing print shop. Luc remains inside. Karen holds phone with photo, Harly carries small notebook. Ronald and Tony several paces apart from girls. : Luc: Find its name before six, and we can put its real story on the wall. Tony: One windmill. How hard can that be?

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Luc with original drawing on shop table, magnifier. Clear close-up date 1887 at lower right. Picture has wooden windmill high on mound with open wooden gallery, visible timber posts. All other words absent.
Karen: Eighteen eighty-seven. Is the date a clue?

Ronald consults official history on phone beside Tony. Girls across table with Luc, separated by display.
Ronald: The Moulin Rouge opened in 1889. Tony: Our windmill got there two years early!

Luc shows original drawing and modern street map, keeping original flat inside portfolio. He points uphill Montmartre.
Luc: My grandfather Henri drew it. He lived up the hill. Harly: We’ll take a photograph. The original stays here.

Team departing print shop. Luc remains inside. Karen holds phone with photo, Harly carries small notebook. Ronald and Tony several paces apart from girls.
Luc: Find its name before six, and we can put its real story on the wall. Tony: One windmill. How hard can that be?