The Most Stupendous Project of the Age!! The Monster Air Ship!!! Atlantic Will leave St. Louis from Washington Square! Corner of Market & Twelfth Streets, on Friday, P.M. July the First, 1859, For a Voyage to the Atlantic Sea Board. Her Crew will consist of the following persons: Prof. John Wise, Scientific Director, John La Mountain, Aeronaut, O.A. Gager, Navigator.
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Object Details
Date
1859
Type
ART-Posters, Original Art Quality
Medium
Poster, Wood Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Physical Description
Poster advertising the ascension of the air ship "Atlantic" on July 1, 1859 from Washington Square, St. Louis for a voyage to the Atlantic coast. S.M. Brooks' balloon, "Comet," is also advertised as ascending as escort to the "Atlantic."
Dimensions
2-D - Unframed (H x W): 66.4 × 22.9cm (26 1/8 in. × 9 in.) Inventory Number
A20140878000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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