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Steam captive balloon inside a wooden scaffold enclosure – Vintage Print

Steam captive balloon inside a wooden scaffold enclosure — historic image
Steam captive balloon inside a wooden scaffold enclosure. Historic image from the Ballooning collection.

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

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Steam captive balloon inside a wooden scaffold enclosure comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Steam captive balloon inside a wooden scaffold enclosure

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A tethered balloon sits inside a wooden scaffold enclosure, a rig that suggests a working site rather than a public event. Captive balloons, held on cables and winches, were used in France for observation and for demonstrations, and a sheltered frame like this would have protected the envelope from wind during inflation and repair. The steam element points to the powered equipment that kept such balloons supported and controlled. Look at the scaffold itself: its timber bracing shows how much effort went into managing a large, fragile gas bag on open ground.

Original scan2,951 × 1,839 px · prints to 10 × 6 in at 300 dpi
Reference02306u Le ballon captif à vapeur

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