Print: Le Ballons Sortis Pendant Le Siege De Paris, 1870-1871
Print: Le Ballons Sortis Pendant Le Siege De Paris, 1870-1871
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  • Title: Le Ballons Sortis Pendant Le Siege De Paris, 1870-1871
  • Description: Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, keyed to a map of their descents. Several vignettes show balloons, including "le Richard Wallace" at battle sites. Illustrations at bottom depict "Morte de Prince et LaCaze" (crash of "Le Jaquart" at sea); "Agrandissement des depeches microscopiques executees a Tours et a Bordeaux par M. Dagron et ses collegues" (lecture by photographer Dagron); and "Descente au Mont-Lid (Norvege)" ("La ville d'Orleans" in mountains).
  • Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1870-1880, Dagron, Prudent Rene Patrice,--1819-1900--Public appearances, Paris (France)--History--Siege, 1870-1871
  • Places: Paris France
  • Collection: Tissandier Collection. The collection contains items documenting the early history of aeronautics with an emphasis on balloon flight in France and other European countries. Subjects include general and technical images of balloons, airships, and flying machines; portraits of famous balloonists; views of numerous ascensions, accidents, and world’s fairs; cartoons featuring balloon themes; pictorial and textual broadsides; and colorful ephemera and poster advertisements. There are also several hundred illustrations clipped from books and newspapers. The pictures, created by many different artists, span the years 1773 to 1910, with the bulk dating 1780-1890.
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