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[Text broadsides for historic balloon ascensions in Europe]
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | Europe |
Description | French and British text-only broadsides announcing balloon ascensions (primarily from locations in Paris and London) by Hugh Bell, Charles Green, Richard Gypson, Jean Margat, Charles Mathews, and others; a lecture by Gaston Tissandier; exhibitions of parachute and balloon prototypes. Also, a list of ascensions completed by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from 1784 to 1805; one Italian handbill for an ascent by French balloonist Eugenio Poitevin. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Balloon ascensions--Europe--1800-1890. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Balloons (Aircraft)--European--1800-1890. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aeronautics--Europe--1880-1890. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Parachutes--1800-1890. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |