The Splendid Model Of The Parachute Or Flying Machine, With Which The Late Mons. Le Tur Ascended From Cremorne Gardens Will Be Exhibited In The Large Room Of The Above House On Monday Next, The 28th, August, 1854..
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Image Title: The Splendid Model Of The Parachute Or Flying Machine, With Which The Late Mons. Le Tur Ascended From Cremorne Gardens Will Be Exhibited In The Large Room Of The Above House On Monday Next, The 28th, August, 1854..
Date: 1854
Summary: Text-only broadside announcing an exhibit of a parachute model at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1854. The model replicates the parachute used by French aeronaut Francois Letur during his fatal parachute demonstration at Cremorne Gardens earlier that year.
Subjects: Exhibitions--England--London--1850-1860
Letur, Francois,--d. 1854--Associated objects
Parachutes--1850-1860
Collections: Tissandier Collection » more info...
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