Elephant & Castle Novel & Scientific Exhibition: Parachute or Flying Machine handbill – Vintage Wall Art
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Elephant & Castle Novel & Scientific Exhibition: Parachute or Flying Machine handbill comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Elephant & Castle Novel & Scientific Exhibition: Parachute or Flying Machine handbill
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Promising a choice between a parachute and a flying machine, this handbill points to the kind of novelty that drew crowds to London exhibitions in the nineteenth century. The Elephant & Castle name refers to a busy south London junction, and the district's entertainments made it a natural place for showmen to reach working-class audiences. Parachute descents had been a public spectacle since André-Jacques Garnerin's jump from a balloon over Paris in 1797, and by the Victorian period such demonstrations were a regular feature of exhibition programs. Printed handbills like this one were cheap and short-lived, so surviving examples are valuable records of popular entertainment.
| Original scan | 3,732 × 5,000 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02615u |
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