A Balloon Letter, Paris 1870
Photograph
A Balloon Letter, Paris 1870
[Photomicrograph of front page of the newspaper "La Cloche", November 30, 1870]
ca. 1875
Albumen silver print
Image: 2 7/16 × 3 5/8 in. (6.2 × 9.2 cm)
Mount: 2 1/2 × 4 1/16 in. (6.4 × 10.3 cm)
Overall (folder): 4 7/16 × 2 15/16 in. (11.2 × 7.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.3288.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink on front cover of folder, TC: La Cloche [underlined] (Balloon letter) \ 1870.
Inscribed in pencil on inside front cover of folder, TRC: FT \ 196
Inscribed in pencil on inside front cover of folder, C: FT \ 1870
Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, TRC: FT \ 1870
Printed on mount recto, TC: A Balloon Letter, Paris 1870.
Printed on mount recto, BC: Stereoscopic Co. 5[in pencil] Copyright
Stamped on mount verso, TLC: [crown] \ BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA \ [crest]
Printed on mount verso, C: The Siege of Paris. \ Historical Notes in Reference to \ Balloons. \ [see image for full text]
Inscribed in pencil on inside front cover of folder, TRC: FT \ 196
Inscribed in pencil on inside front cover of folder, C: FT \ 1870
Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, TRC: FT \ 1870
Printed on mount recto, TC: A Balloon Letter, Paris 1870.
Printed on mount recto, BC: Stereoscopic Co. 5[in pencil] Copyright
Stamped on mount verso, TLC: [crown] \ BIBLIOTHECA LINDESIANA \ [crest]
Printed on mount verso, C: The Siege of Paris. \ Historical Notes in Reference to \ Balloons. \ [see image for full text]
