Grand ballon captif á vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878
- Title: Grand ballon captif á vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878
- Creator(s): Dagron, Prudent René Patrice, 1819-1900, photographer
- Date Created/Published: 1868-1878, bulk 1878.
- Medium: 1 album (72 photographic prints) ; 34 x 44.5 cm. (album) + supplementary material.
- Summary: Photographs show Henri Giffard's tethered balloon installed in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, 1878-1879. Includes views of the balloon ballast and control devices; inflation of the balloon; passengers in the gondola; views of the balloon in the air; aerial photographs of Paris; some war-damaged buildings. Also, four photographs of the balloon installed at London, England, 1868 or 1869.
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- Call Number: LOT 6000 (H) [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
- Notes:
- LOT title from album cover.
- The LOT also includes the following supplementary textual materials: a broadside announcing Giffard's ascents during the Paris exposition of 1867 along with a copy of an official document granting approval for Giffard's 1867 ascents from Paris; clippings about Giffard's 1878 and 1879 ascensions from Paris and explosion of the balloon; one card listing meeting dates for the Société française de navigation aérienne, 1876-1877.
- No captions or dates on the photographs.
- "Photoglyptie de Moniteur" on four photograph mounts.
- The album includes card photographs and one stereograph.
- Transfer; Aeronautics Division; 1953.
- Forms part of the Tissandier collection.
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- Part of: Visual materials from the Tissandier collection
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- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: LOT 6000 (H) [P&P]
- Medium: 1 album (72 photographic prints) ; 34 x 44.5 cm. (album) + supplementary material.
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- Call Number: LOT 6000 (H) [P&P]
- Medium: 1 album (72 photographic prints) ; 34 x 44.5 cm. (album) + supplementary material.
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