Library of Congress Open Archive Initiative Repository 1
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This is an extensive repository containing material relating to the American experience, a large portion of it digitised from the Library of Congress' collections. It includes, but is not limited to, images, monographs, sheet music, sound and visual recordings, pamphlets and posters. It is subdivided into over 100 thematic collections based on original documentation format, subject, author or donor. The site also benefits from an extensive range of background documentation and information on the creation, maintenance and development of this repository. Individual sections of the collection are periodically highlighted, and materials advising on the use of this repository's contents in a classroom situation are also provided. Each major subsection has a discrete site design and interface, although they are all part of the overarching whole.
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M. Garnerin - Locker, Edward Hawke, 1777-1849, artist
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist and parachutist, A.J. Garnerin, with banner above "Audax aereos gaudet tentare volatus."
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Gay-Lussac - Delpech, François Séraphin, 1778-1825, lithographer.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of French scientist and balloonist Gay-Lussac who tested several hypotheses on the earth's atmosphere.
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Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier
Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon.