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[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - High aerial view of Paris from Balloon] – Antique Photo Print

[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - High aerial view of Paris from Balloon], 1878 — historic photograph
[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - High aerial view of Paris from Balloon], 1878. Historic photograph from the Ballooning collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - High aerial view of Paris from Balloon], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Most views of Paris from above in this period were made from tethered balloons, and this print stands out because it was taken from Henry Giffard's Grand Ballon Captif, the large captive balloon that carried passengers aloft during the 1878 Exposition Universelle. The sepia photoprint is credited to Dagron, and it comes from the Tissandier Collection, which is tied to the French aeronaut and writer Gaston Tissandier. Giffard's tethered ascents drew crowds, and photographs like this one let viewers see the city's boulevards and rooftops from a height few had experienced. The caption data is unverified, so the exact vantage point and date should be checked against other sources.

Created / published1878
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1870-1880.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,170 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144104

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