Captive balloon with clock above the Eiffel Tower – Vintage Print
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Description
A window into the past: Captive balloon with clock above the Eiffel Tower, 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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Captive balloon with clock above the Eiffel Tower
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A tethered balloon hangs above the Eiffel Tower, with a clock set into the scene, an unusual pairing of the newest engineering of its day with the tower that had just become Paris's most talked-about landmark. Captive balloons, kept on cables and winched up and down, gave visitors a view over the city and were popular attractions at the late-19th-century world's fairs. The tower itself was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, and many Parisians first judged it harshly before it became a symbol of the city. The picture captures the period's fascination with height, spectacle and modern invention.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 4,088 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02300u[Captive balloon with cloc |
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