Grande fête aerostatique organisée par l'union des pilotes aériens société francaise d'aérostation. – Vintage Print
![Grande fête aerostatique organisée par l'union des pilotes aériens société francaise d'aérostation., [Neuilly?] : Eug. Barbier, 1885. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/39e170b999c6-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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A Sunday communal fête in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a town just west of Paris, is the event this poster announces for July 5, 1885, with balloon ascents organized by the Union des pilotes aériens and the Société française d'aérostation. The municipality lent its patronage, so the notice presents the flights as a civic celebration as well as a spectacle. Balloon ascents drew large crowds across France in the 1880s, and posters like this one, printed by Eug. Barbier that year, paired a woodcut image with letterpress text to catch the eye of passersby.
| Created / published | [Neuilly?] : Eug. Barbier, 1885. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : woodcut, with text in letterpress. |
| Genre | Woodcuts French Color 1880-1890.Posters French 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Caption continues: Republique Française ... Fête Communale de Neuilly-Sur-Seine Le Dimanche 5 Juillet 1885 ... Sous le Patronage de la Municipalit'e. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1. |
| Subjects | Union des pilotes aériens, Paris--1880-1890. Balloons (Aircraft)--France--Paris--1880-1890. Balloonists--French--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,277 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223566 |
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