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Champ de Mars balloon ascent poster, Pole Nord, Gustave Lambert – Historic Poster Reproduction

Champ de Mars balloon ascent poster, Pole Nord, Gustave Lambert — vintage poster
Champ de Mars balloon ascent poster, Pole Nord, Gustave Lambert. Vintage poster from the Ballooning collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This vintage poster of Champ de Mars balloon ascent poster, Pole Nord, Gustave Lambert brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Champ de Mars balloon ascent poster, Pole Nord, Gustave Lambert

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This poster advertises a balloon ascent from the Champ de Mars, the open parade ground in Paris that became a favorite site for aerial spectacles. The name Pole Nord set into the design is what distinguishes this sheet from other announcements for flights in the same years. Posters like this were pasted across the city to draw crowds and sell admission, so the lettering and layout reveal how ballooning was marketed as public entertainment. Gustave Lambert's name on the sheet identifies its maker and is worth noting when reading the piece as a record of French commercial design of that era.

Original scan3,175 × 4,437 px · prints to 11 × 15 in at 300 dpi
Reference02609uChamp de Mars,

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