Sujet

Giffard's balloon exhibited at the Paris World's Fair, 1878, (1932). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Giffard's balloon exhibited at the Paris World's Fair, 1878, (1932). French engineer Henri Giffard (1825-1882) built a spherical balloon with a gondola accommodating 40 passengers. It was used to take aloft visitors at the International Exhibition(Exposition Universelle) in Paris. By the end of the fair, 35,000 passengers had flown over the city. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1932

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D52_078

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,0Mo (3,5Mo) / 48,9cm x 31,8cm / 5772 x 3756 (300dpi)

Mots clés

voyage transport transport événement vol jardin La France vol Paris couleur ballon à air chaud avion endroit siècle aviation attraction de touristes transports aériens Couleur 19e siècle les années 30 20e siècle dix-neuvie siècle Jardins De Tuileries tourisme The Print Collector landscape Unknown Eugene Euge cigarette card Josef Garbáty Garbáty Josef Josef Garbaty Garbaty Josef Garbáty-Rosenthal Josef Garbaty-Rosenthal Garbáty-Rosenthal Garbaty-Rosenthal Eugene Garbáty Eugene L. Garbaty Eugene L. Eugene L Garbaty Exposition Universelle 1878 Paris World's Fair cigarette card landscape