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Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the background. Thousands of spectators are gathered in the foreground to witness the first manned gas balloon flight.</div>
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Prints and Photographs Division, Tissandier Collection, [Reproduction Number] Library of Congress</div>
1783<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1783-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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