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WISE, JOHN J. 1808-1879. Balloon Ascensions! Lehigh, PA: Lehigh Bulletin, 1839.
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WISE, JOHN J. 1808-1879.
Balloon Ascensions! Lehigh, PA: Lehigh Bulletin, 1839.
Printed advertising broadside, 1,185 x 520 mm, linen mounted and matted. Promoting a balloon and parachute demonstration on April 27, 1839, in Allentown, PA, with a woodcut illustration of a balloon with a man and woman as passengers, and a man parachuting below it. Creases and fold marks, minor abrasions.
A RARE EARLY AERONAUTIC DEMONSTRATION BROADSIDE for an event billed as the "13th Grand Ascension" of John Wise, one of the earliest pioneers of ballooning in America. He designed his own balloons, incorporating an innovation that would allow the balloon itself to function as a parachute if deflated while in flight. In 1859, he carried the first airmail from Lafayette, IN bound for Crawford, IN, but was forced to land after 25 miles. In 1879, at the age of 71, he departed with a passenger from East St. Louis, IL, over Lake Michigan, never to be seen again. The body of the passenger was later found in the lake, but neither the balloon nor Wise were ever located.
Printed advertising broadside, 1,185 x 520 mm, linen mounted and matted. Promoting a balloon and parachute demonstration on April 27, 1839, in Allentown, PA, with a woodcut illustration of a balloon with a man and woman as passengers, and a man parachuting below it. Creases and fold marks, minor abrasions.
A RARE EARLY AERONAUTIC DEMONSTRATION BROADSIDE for an event billed as the "13th Grand Ascension" of John Wise, one of the earliest pioneers of ballooning in America. He designed his own balloons, incorporating an innovation that would allow the balloon itself to function as a parachute if deflated while in flight. In 1859, he carried the first airmail from Lafayette, IN bound for Crawford, IN, but was forced to land after 25 miles. In 1879, at the age of 71, he departed with a passenger from East St. Louis, IL, over Lake Michigan, never to be seen again. The body of the passenger was later found in the lake, but neither the balloon nor Wise were ever located.