Their excursions included boarding the new, fast trans-Atlantic steamships bound for the Paris Exposition. Among the 7,500 Americans who made the journey to France were photojournalist Frances ...
(Photo By Buddy Mays/Getty Images). The Trocadero Gardens were originally built with the Palais du Trocadero (Trocadero Palace) for the Paris Exposition of 1878 by architect Gabriel Davioud.