02585uGrand balloon ascent – Antique Wall Art
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This rare historic image captures 02585uGrand balloon ascent in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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02585uGrand balloon ascent
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The title points to a large, staged public ascent, the kind of spectacle that drew crowds to open fields and gardens in the decades after the first crewed flights. France was the center of that early enthusiasm: the Montgolfier brothers launched the first public hot-air balloon flight at Annonay in 1783, and Paris followed that year with the hydrogen balloon flown by Jacques Charles and the Robert brothers. Ballooning quickly became a popular entertainment, with aeronauts performing for paying audiences and sometimes for royalty. Images like this one capture how such ascents were meant to be watched as much as flown.
| Original scan | 3,918 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02585uGrand balloon ascent |
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