Henri Lachambre, aéronaute-constructeur breveté, balloon advertisement engraving – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Henri Lachambre, aéronaute-constructeur breveté, balloon advertisement engraving. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Henri Lachambre, aéronaute-constructeur breveté, balloon advertisement engraving
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The name at the top, Henri Lachambre, identifies this as a trade advertisement for a balloon maker who styled himself an *aéronaute-constructeur breveté*, a builder of balloons holding a patent or official warrant. Such notices were common in Paris in the later nineteenth century, when ballooning drew crowds to public ascents and when aerial travel was still new enough that a builder's reputation counted for a great deal. The engraving pairs the text with a balloon-related image, showing how makers used graphic design to present their skill and reliability to customers, exhibition organizers and the curious public.
| Original scan | 2,227 × 3,454 px · prints to 7 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02488uHenri Lachambre, |
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