02489uLa ville de Calais – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: 02489uLa ville de Calais, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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02489uLa ville de Calais
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Calais, the port town named in the title, is filed here under ballooning, which ties the town to one of the most celebrated flights of the early balloon era. On 7 January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed the English Channel from Dover and came down in the forest of Guînes, near Calais, after a dangerous flight that briefly required them to throw out ballast and clothing to stay aloft. The crossing drew wide attention across Europe and made Calais a lasting point of reference in the history of aviation. The record gives few other details, so the picture is best read as a view of the town connected to that moment in the history of flight.
| Original scan | 2,940 × 4,106 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02489uLa ville de Calais |
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