Grande expérience aérienne par MM Thibault, Gourier & W. de Fonvielle esplanade des invalides dimanche 28 juin 1885 a 2 heures. – Vintage Print
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(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 vintage poster captures Grande expérience aérienne par MM Thibault, Gourier & W. de Fonvielle esplanade des invalides dimanche 28 juin 1885 a 2 heures. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Grande expérience aérienne par MM Thibault, Gourier & W. de Fonvielle esplanade des invalides dimanche 28 juin 1885 a 2 heures.
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This poster announces an open-air balloon and parachute show on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris at 2 o'clock on Sunday, 28 June 1885, staged by MM. Thibault, Gourier, and W. de Fonvielle. The balloon in the upper left is labeled *Bolide*, and the parachute at center is labeled *Coelus*. Wilfrid de Fonvielle, a journalist and aeronaut who wrote widely on aerial navigation, was a well-known promoter of ballooning in France, and such exhibitions drew large crowds to the open spaces of the capital. The color lithograph was printed by the Affiches Américaines firm of Ch. Lévy, a shop that produced many of the bold advertising posters of the period.
| Created / published | [Paris?] : Affiches Americaines Ch. Lévy, 1885. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs French Color 1880-1890.Posters French 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Balloon in upper left corner identified as Bolide" and parachute in center identified as "Coelus." Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1." |
| Subjects | Fonvielle, W. de (Wilfrid),--1824-1914--Public appearances. Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,077 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223560 |
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