Hot air balloon labeled H. Lachambre with two passengers – Vintage Print
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This rare historic image captures Hot air balloon labeled H. Lachambre with two passengers in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Hot air balloon labeled H. Lachambre with two passengers
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The balloon's envelope carries the name H. Lachambre, and two passengers ride in the basket beneath it, which makes this an unusually personal record of a maker's work. Henri Lachambre built balloons in the Paris area during the nineteenth century, and his firm was best known for constructing the large Géant with the photographer Nadar in 1863. Images like this one show how ballooning in France moved from scientific experiment into public spectacle, with crowds gathering at launch sites to watch passengers rise above the rooftops.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,933 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223710 |
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