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Photo, Print, DrawingGrand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries 1 print (broadside) : hand-colored. | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, probably during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon stationed in the center of the courtyard next to a smaller balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingGrand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries, Paris, 1878 1 print (broadside) on blue paper. | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon stationed at the center of the courtyard next to a smaller balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. Henry Giffard, ingénieur-constructeur 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's captive balloon in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the giant balloon with passengers in the basket.
- Date: 1879-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingArènes du sport aéronautique sous la direction de Eugène Godard, aîné, lundi de Paques, 6 avril 1885, à 2 heures. Experience publique de navigation aérienne, système A. Brisson (Breveté S.G.D.G.) ... 1 print : wood engraving, hand-colored ; image and text 41 x 27 cm, sheet 43 x 29 cm (broadside format) | Broadside announcing an aeronautics exhibition organized under the direction of balloonist Eugene Godard and held in Paris in 1885. Includes picture of the balloon "L'Avenir" equipped with two separate passenger areas--a basket attached directly under the balloon and a platform secured below...
- Date: 1885-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAscension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 à 5 h. Exposition de l'aérostat et des machines ... / 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867. Includes pictures of the balloon being inflated ("Le Gonflement") and spectators watching the captive balloon ascend in the air ("L'Ascension").
- Date: 1867-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingNouvelle expérience de Mlle. Élisa Garnerin. Avis. 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a parachute jump at Rouen, France, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes.
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSalle de concert du cercie artistique ... Exposition du gigantesque ballon Cita di Firenze de Eugène Godard, aéronaute de l'Empereur ... Place St. Michel dimanche 30 janvier 1870 ... grande fete populaire, ... 1 print (broadside) on green paper. | Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observed by Godard and Camille Flammarion from their balloon during an ascension in 1868.
- Date: 1870-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, ingénieur à Paris 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffard's balloon ascensions in 1878 and 1879 from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the captive balloon floating over the courtyard.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingChamp-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executee le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l'expedition de M. Gustave Lambert ... 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, to support Gustave Lambert's North Pole ballooning expedition. Includes picture of "Le Pole Nord" and a second balloon in flight.
- Date: 1869-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingChamp de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au bénéfice de l'expédition de M. Gustave Lambert 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, to support Gustave Lambert's North Pole ballooning expedition. Includes picture of balloons in flight.
- Date: 1869-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing3ème et dernière expérience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garnerin, au Champ de Mars, dimanche 21 avril, a son profit 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing the final parachute jump at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, April 21, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes.
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTrente jours de plaisirs. 1000 fr. de plaisirs pour 15 fr. Pour 50 centimes par jour, on pourra, pendant un mois, aller chaque jour a des théatres, bals, concerts, cirques, arènes, etc. 1 print (advertisement) : color. | Advertisement for a monthly subscription to theatrical productions, balls, concerts, the circus, and other entertainments, probably at venues in and around Paris. Text appears within an outline of a balloon ascending with seven passengers. Costumed figures on winged creatures fly alongside the balloon, rest on top of the balloon, or climb balloon ropes.
- Date: 1840-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingL'Aérienne, nouveau systême de ballon dirigeable par Camille Dupuy 1 print (broadside) : lithograph. | Broadside announcing the exhibition of a navigable balloon designed by Camille Dupuy at the "boulevart Magenta, 37" and the "rue des Marais, St. Martin" in Paris beginning December 18, 1866.
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSalle de conférences ... Conférences experimentales sur la navigation aérienne par l'ingénieur Camille Vert, de la Drôme le plus léger que l'air par le poisson volant : le plus lourd que l'air ... 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing a conference on flight designs by Camille Vert. Includes pictures of a lighter-than-air 'flying fish' airship and a heavier-than-air 'winged man' ornithopter.
- Date: 1859-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe grand ballon captif des Tuileries 1 print (broadside). | Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of passengers in the basket of the giant balloon.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBlanchard-Deguitard, caoutchouc dilaté, spécialité de plumets ... spécialité de préservatifs et surprises, nouveaux bois a gorges, gazomètres pour gonfler les ballons 1 print (advertisement). | Advertisement for Blanchard-Deguitard, a French merchant of balloons and other products. Includes a picture Maison Blanchard, with office, store, and a shed where women lay out cloth on long tables.
- Date: 1878-01-01