Une expédition aérien – Historic Reproduction
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Step back in time with Une expédition aérien, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Une expédition aérien
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The title, *Une expédition aérienne*, frames the scene as an aerial expedition, a voyage made by air rather than by land or sea, and the phrase suggests a journey with a purpose beyond a simple ascent. France was the birthplace of human flight, since the Montgolfier brothers launched the first crewed hot-air balloon near Paris in 1783. Over the following century, balloons carried scientists, explorers and, during the Siege of Paris in 1870 and 1871, mail out of the encircled city. Records of such flights are worth reading closely for clues about who went up and why.
| Original scan | 3,984 × 3,172 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02578u Une expédition aérien |
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