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Cabinet photograph of a crowd with balloon, possibly Balloon Artillery Observation at Lydd in Kent.

Name: Cabinet photograph of a crowd with balloon, possibly Balloon Artillery Observation at Lydd in Kent.
Author: Anon

Book Description

Cabinet photograph of a crowd gathered before a balloon ascent, unidentified building in background. Sepia, bit of fade, some mild spotting, slight loss to image bottom right. Possibly, from Lydd in Kent [it came frome a Kent collection], where there was a balloon observation school in the late nineteenth century. The crowd are not military, but mixed, men and women civilians, their clothes dating them to c. 1890 - 1910.

Author Anon

Date c. 1890

Binding no binding

Publisher n/a

Illustrator n/a

Condition Good

Pages 1

Price: £30.00

Offered by Wool House Autographic

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