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Broadside shows balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris with categories for balloon name, size, owner, balloonist, and number of pasengers and pigeons on board. Four illustrations show "Gonflement d'un ballon" (inflation of a balloon); "Descente au Montzid (Norwège)"; "Morte de Prince et LaCaze," (crash at sea); and "[A]grandissement des dépèches microscopiques a Tours and a Bordeaux par Dagron and ses collègues" (lecture by photographer Dagron).</div>
1874<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1874-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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