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Image Title: Experience aerostatique faite Versailles le 19 September, 1783

Description: Experience aerostatique faite Versailles le 19 September, 1783. Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only passengers aboard the first balloon flight. NOTE: The original print contains age stains and speckling which will appear on the reprint.

Date: 1783

Original Media: Print

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