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Photo, Print, DrawingLe blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique. 1 print (broadside). | Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled "Au Governement de la defense nationale, projet en l'air infaillible pour bloquement de Paris" with a magnet near the enemy's cannon. The illustrator humorously predicted that this disarmament project would be fatal to the enemy. Surrounding text invites the rest of Europe to listen to what happened to Parisians during the blockade: hunger, lack...
- Date: 1871-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingEarly balloon design and flight in Europe 31 items : b&w and color ; 92 x 117 cm. (36.5 x 46 in.) or smaller. | British, French, and Italian prints and drawings show balloon and airship designs; patents; three site plans for balloon inflation stations; balloons in flight. Also, poster and broadside advertisements for balloon ascensions and other events, including balloon departures during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71.
- Date: 1784
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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