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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Type ART-Miscellaneous Medium Balloon, Tissue Paper Physical Description Blue and white tissue paper balloon. Handwritten in ink on the balloon: "Ballon prepare par l'administration des postes pour le transport des lettres en 1870-71 pour le cas de siege d'une ville fortifieé." Documentation that came with the balloon states that it was used to send messages during the siege of Paris in the Franco Prussian War, 1870-1871. However, the balloon lacks signs of use (scorching, dirt, etc.) and this type of balloon does not achieve the altitudes that would have been necessary for delivering messages out of Paris. Dimensions Approximate: 68.6 × 259.1cm (27 × 102 in.)
 Inventory Number A20141037000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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