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Wurstelprater balloon ascendance poster and related ticket, 1850.
The Weiner Prater is a large public park in Vienna, Austria, founded in 1766 with the donation of Austrian Emperor Josef II's royal hunting grounds. Over the years the Prater evolved to include the Wurstelprater Amusement Park. During the 1850s, the park was the site of balloon ascendance.
NASM.XXXX.0997
1850
Unknown - found in collection, Unknown, Unknown, NASM.XXXX.0997
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of a 9 x 11.5 inch poster announcing the balloon ascendance at the Wurstelprater amusement park in Vienna by Carl Kirsch on Monday, September 2, 1850, and a 4 x 2.5 inch ticket redeemable for another show in case of unfavorable weather.
No arrangement, just two items.
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Carl Kirsch Balloon Ascension Poster (Austrian), NASM.XXXX.0997, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Balloons
Balloons -- Exhibitions
Collection descriptions
Archival materials