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Image Title: Defile De La Cm. D'aerostiers 187

Date: Between 1870 and 1880

Summary: Drawing shows a parade with one of the balloons used in the Siege of Paris (1870-71) and a group from the Compagnie des aerostiers militaires, with officials in a reviewing stand in the foreground. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82)

Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--France--1870-1880
Military parades--France--1870-1880
Paris (France)--History--Siege, 1870-1871

Places: Paris France

Original Media: Drawing

Collections: Tissandier Collection » more info...

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