Guyot's balloon
<p>Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of a hot air balloon in the style of an airship with a sail and oars for steering. The design of the balloon is credited to "Guyot," likely referring to the author of <i>Essai sur la construction des ballons aérostatiques et sur la maniere de les diriger</i> (1784) alternately identified as Guillaume-Germain Guyot (1724-1800?) or Edmé-Gilles Guyot (1706-1786).
1784 (Date attributed to balloon design)
1909 (Date attributed to postcard)
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This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled <i>Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types Petits Métiers et Cris De La Rue</i> (1909).
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Molynk, A.</div>
1909<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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