http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/192974 2026-04-16T15:21:09Z 2026-04-16T15:21:09Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193550 2022-01-29T01:34:41Z 1891-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Standard, Friday, September 4, 1891 Issue of "The Standard" containing an article about flying machines and new mechanical developments in aeronautics, with a focus on American, British and French inventors and aeronautical pioneers.; For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/842

1891-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193549 2022-01-29T00:31:07Z 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Morning Advertiser, The Interior of Paris Page from The Morning Advertiser, in which are published letters received by balloon dispatch from Paris, written by a correspondent for the London paper under the title "The Interior of Paris." The letters contain first-hand accounts of events during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War. Following the article is a short note about a letter from Victor Hugo, also received by balloon post out of Paris and published in another paper, The Guernsey Star.; For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/841

1871-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193548 2022-01-29T01:44:26Z 1869-01-01T00:00:00Z

Le Pole Nord Broadside advertising the ascension of the balloon "Le Pole Nord" [North Pole] from the Champ-de-Mars in Paris on June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, will be used to support Gustave Lambert's North Pole ballooning expedition. Illustration depicts "Le Pole Nord" and a second balloon in flight.; For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/840

1869-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/193547 2022-01-29T00:28:26Z 1848-01-01T00:00:00Z

Journal Pour Rire, 20 Mai 1848 Clipping from the French newspaper "Le Journal Pour Rire" with a front page political cartoon. Balloons are labeled "Service du roi de [various global cities]", and a large group of people (most wearing crowns) are climbing out of a body of water onto a map of England, and boarding a train.; For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/839

1848-01-01T00:00:00Z