Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, Grand Day Fete
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Date
1837Description
Broadside advertising a fete in Vauxhall Gardens on July 24, 1837, featuring an ascent by Charles Green in his Nassau balloon and the descent of Robert Cocking is his newly designed parachute. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/466
Subject
Balloonists, Ballooning -- Accidents, Balloon ascensions, Broadsides, fêtes, bands (ensembles), Theater, Concerts, Parachutes, Inventors, Cocking, Robert, Green, Charles, 1785-1870