Les ballons du Siege de Paris, septembre 1870 - fevrier 1871

Les ballons du Siege de Paris, septembre 1870 - fevrier 1871. Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, with categories for name of balloon and balloonist, date and time of departure and arrival. Surrounding illustrations depict: Transport d'un ballon captif de lArmee de la Loire (a balloon descent in the coutryside); A dessus de la mer! Voyage de Christiania (balloon flying over the sea); Le retour des pigeons messagers a Paris (pigeons on Paris rooftops); and Passage d'un ballon poste au dessus de Versailles (a mail balloon over Versailles). Date between 1870 and 1880. Les ballons du Siege de Paris, septembre 1870 - fevrier 1871. Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, with categories for name of balloon and balloonist, date and time of departure and arrival. Surrounding illustrations depict: Transport d'un ballon captif de leArmee de la Loire (a balloon descent in the coutryside); A dessus de la mer! Voyage de Christiania (balloon flying over the sea); Le retour des pigeons messagers a Paris (pigeons on Paris rooftops); and Passage d'un ballon poste au dessus de Versailles (a mail balloon over Versailles). Date between 1870 and 1880

Picture No

10598601

Media ID

47451091

Size

3116px x 2309px (2.4MB)

Credit

Mary Evans / Library of Congress

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Editorial use only without prior approval