• Cards, Collecting, NO. 1. LES FRÉRES MONTGOLFIER; NO. 2. 1RE EXPÉRIENCE A ANNONAY.
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    No. 1 and No. 2 from a series of collecting cards about ballooning. Each has a printed image on the front, with description of the event in French on the reverse. 'Collection 476. Romanet & Cie. Imp. Edit. Paris.' No. 1: Image shows a monument and medallion honoring the Montgolfier brothers. A scene from one of their ascensions is in the background. No. 2: Image shows the first ballooning experience at Annonay on June 4, 1783. Balloon is ascending with a celebrating crowd below.

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Vanessa Nagengast

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02/20/2015

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