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Photo, Print, DrawingBallon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, près le chemin de fer de la rive gauche. Tous les jours de 9 heures a 6 heures ... 1 item (ephemera) : letterpress text. | Admission ticket to an exhibition of a copper balloon in Paris in the late 1850s.
- Date: 1858-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLa frayeur de Gonnesse [i.e. Gonesse], contre-danse franc̜oise [4] p. : ill., music. | Contra-dance instruction manual with dance notation, a description of the dance figures, and music for bass and violin. Title page includes a picture of a man running or dancing near a flying balloon. Possibly a reference to Jacques Alexandre Charles' balloon, "The Globe," which landed at Gonesse, France, August, 27, 1783, and frightened the villagers.
- Contributor: Landrin, Active - Landrin
- Date: 1783-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingIls font ce qu'ils peuvent air [text] : ou, allez vous Mr. l'Abbé & c. / par Boucault. [4] p. : ill. (etching) | Leaflet with song about balloonists l'Abbé Miolan (or Miollan) and Janinet's unsuccessful attempt at an ascent from the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1784. The title page illustration captioned "Le globe en fumée" shows spectators watching a collapsed balloon in flames.
- Date: 1784-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLe ballon de cuivre, qui doit incessamment s'élever dans les airs est visible en ce moment dans les ateliers de construction, Impasse du Maine, no. 10, près le chemin de fer de ... 1 broadside. | Text-only broadside announcing the public viewing of a copper balloon, at Impasse du Maine, Paris.
- Date: 1858-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTableau des services postaux aériens. Offert gracieusement par l'"Indicateur Universal des P.T.T"... dispositions générales applicables a tous les services 1 broadside. | Text-only broadside describes air mail postal services provided by balloon.
- Date: 1860-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAéronautique militaire, 37e régiment d'aviation du Maroc - engagements ... 1 broadside. | Text only broadside requests that men with experience in a variety of occupations volunteer to join the aeronautics corps for service in Morocco.
- Date: 1860-01-01