Blue and white striped balloon ascent with passenger basket – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Blue and white striped balloon ascent with passenger basket. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Blue and white striped balloon ascent with passenger basket
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Few images of early flight capture the passenger basket as clearly as this one, with its striped envelope rising above the crew. Balloon ascents in France drew large crowds through the 1780s and 1800s, when the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air craft and the hydrogen balloons that followed were still novelties to most onlookers. Ascents like this one were often public spectacles, staged for royalty, scientists and paying spectators, and the striped fabric made a envelope easy to follow across the sky. Such scenes help show how quickly ballooning moved from experiment to popular entertainment.
| Original scan | 2,727 × 3,567 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02305u Elevazione aereobatica eseg |
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