Ascension captive, 42 Avenue de Suffren: captive balloon poster – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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This rare vintage poster captures Ascension captive, 42 Avenue de Suffren: captive balloon poster in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Ascension captive, 42 Avenue de Suffren: captive balloon poster
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This poster, headed "Ascension captive" and tied to an address on Avenue de Suffren, promotes tethered balloon rides, a short-lived but popular attraction in Paris. The Avenue de Suffren runs along the edge of the Champ de Mars, where captive balloons rose on steel cables so passengers could look over the city without leaving the ground. Such rides drew crowds at world's fairs and seasonal fairgrounds from the 1870s into the early 1900s, and posters like this one were meant to catch the eye of passersby. Notice how the design competes for attention with bold lettering and a simple image of the balloon, the typical visual shorthand of early commercial lithography.
| Original scan | 3,586 × 5,000 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02598uAscension captive. 42 |
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