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Image Title: Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile Fete, Next Wednesday, 21st

Date: 1841?

Summary: Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?. Includes a list of the events and scheduled performances, including the release of the balloon "Fat Boy." "A great personage will make his first appearance at any place of amusement this evening--the renowned Fat Boy! and, inflated ... he will pay his respects ... and becoming a day balloon, will bid adieu to terra firma, ascending head-foremost to the infinity of space ... it is formed to travel about 100 miles."

Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft)--England--London--1840-1850
Festivals--England--London--1840-1850
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)--1840-1850

Places: Vauxhall Gardens London, England

Collections: Tissandier Collection » more info...

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