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Image Title: Tribute To French Ballonist Henri Giffard In The Form Of A Handwritten French Text Shaped As A Balloon, Inside A Printed Floral Border, 1878

Date: 1878

Summary: Tribute written by Mr. Wrabelly of Hungary, town of Pressbourg (Bratislava), on the occasion of seeing the giant Giffard balloon exhibited in the Tuileries gardens during his visit to the World Exposition held in Paris in 1878. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82)

Subjects: Balloonists--French--1870-1880
Giffard, Henri,--1825-1882--Commemoration

Original Media: Lithograph

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