The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street / S. Fox. – Historic Photo Reproduction
![The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street / S. Fox., [1873 August 14] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/35/35928f4efaf6-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street / S. Fox. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street / S. Fox.
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A street banner at the corner of Broadway and Fourteenth Street promises a crossing "To Europe in sixty hours," a claim that would have drawn passersby in August 1873. The banner advertised The Daily Graphic, New York's first illustrated daily, which was building its own great balloon in the showroom of the Domestic Sewing Machine Company on the second and third floors. The stunt shows how newspapers of the period used spectacle to win readers, while ballooning and ocean travel were both on the public mind. The print comes from the Tissandier collection, named for the French aeronaut and writer Gaston Tissandier.
| Created / published | [1873 August 14] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880.Periodical illustrations 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Notice on banner reads: To Europe in sixty hours. The Great Balloon, The Daily Graphic is now in process of construction in the show room of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co., second and third floor. Title from item. Illus. from an unidentified book or periodical. Tissandier collection. |
| Subjects | City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. Banners--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880. Balloon ascensions--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,191 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144055 |
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