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Balloon ascent at night from Gare du Nord, Paris, Franco-Prussian War.
Balloon ascent from Gare du Nord, Paris, at night, to carry dispatches out of besieged city during Franco-Prussian War. In foreground men are picking up basket of homing pigeons which the baloon would take out of city and which would be released with messages.
Unique Identifier
AR915721
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2923px × 3586px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1870-1871
19th century
air balloon
Ann Ronan Pictures
ASCENDING
B&W
B/W
Balloon
Bird
BIRDS
Black & White
Black and white
Communication
concept
country
ELEMENT
Escaping
FLIGHT
Flying
France
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
French
Gare du Nord
HYDROGEN
LOCATION
Military
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Pigeon
Print Collector1
Secrecy
Siege
STATION
Wars
WARTIME