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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Projet d?enceinte pour gonflement d?aerostat - Chavoutier, J., designer.
Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section.
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Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena
Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair. The portrait on the center balloon is possibly Miss Stena.
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Les ballons du Siège de Paris, septembre 1870 - février 1871 - Tissandier, Albert, 1839-1906, artist, lithographer.
Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, with categories for name of balloon and balloonist, date and time of departure and arrival. Surrounding illustrations depict: "Transport d'un ballon captif de l?Armée de la Loire" (a balloon descent in the coutryside); "A dessus de la mer! Voyage de Christiania" (balloon flying over the sea); "Le retour des pigeons messagers a Paris" (pigeons on Paris rooftops); and "Passage d'un ballon poste au dessus de Versailles" (a mail balloon over Versailles).
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Le ballons sortis pendant le Siege de Paris, 1870-1871
Broadside about balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris, keyed to a map of their descents. Several vignettes show balloons, including "le Richard Wallace" at battle sites. Illustrations at bottom depict "Morte de Prince et LaCaze" (crash of "Le Jaquart" at sea); "Agrandissement des dépèches microscopiques exécutées a Tours et a Bordeaux par M. Dagron et ses collègues" (lecture by photographer Dagron); and "Descente au Mont-Lid (Norvége)" ("La ville d'Orleans" in mountains).
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Projet d?enceinte pour gonflement d?aerostat - Chavoutier, J., designer.
Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section, with balloon tethered in position
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[Maison tournante aérienne] - Robida, Albert, 1848-1926, artist.
Drawing shows a dwelling structure elevated above rooftops and designed to revolve and adjust in various directions. An occupant points to an airship with a fish-shaped bag in the sky lower right. One of the artist's conceptions for his book on life in the upcoming twentieth century. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
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[Cures d'air dans la montagne] - Robida, Albert, 1848-1926, artist.
Drawing shows an airship "Cures d'air" supporting the "Pension Bellevue" for individuals requiring medical care and floating above a mountainous region. One of the artist's conceptions for his book on life in the upcoming twentieth century. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
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