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![[Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] / Camille Grávis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvY2FwdGl2ZS1iYWxsb29uLXdpdGgtY2xvY2stZmFjZS1hbmQtYmVsbC1mbG9hdGluZy1hYm92ZS10aGUtZWlmZmVsLXRvd2VyLXBhcmlzLTI4MmQwYi02NDAuanBn/320/469/jpg "[Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] / Camille Grávis.")
![[Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] / Camille Grávis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvY2FwdGl2ZS1iYWxsb29uLXdpdGgtY2xvY2stZmFjZS1hbmQtYmVsbC1mbG9hdGluZy1hYm92ZS10aGUtZWlmZmVsLXRvd2VyLXBhcmlzLTAyMmE3NC02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Captive balloon with clock face and bell, floating above the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] / Camille Grávis.")
![[Balloon with two passengers ascending over a town square, with French flags flying from tower and many spectators below] / Camille Gravis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYmFsbG9vbi13aXRoLXR3by1wYXNzZW5nZXJzLWFzY2VuZGluZy1vdmVyLWEtdG93bi1zcXVhcmUtd2l0aC1mcmVuY2gtZmxhZ3MtMGQ1OGZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/65/webp "[Balloon with two passengers ascending over a town square, with French flags flying from tower and many spectators below] / Camille Gravis.")
![[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower in center foreground, taken during the Paris Exposition of 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODkvMDEvMDEvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2YtcGFyaXMtZnJhbmNlLWZyb20tYmFsbG9vbi1zaG93aW5nLXRoZS1laWZmZWwtdG93ZXItaW4tY2VudGVyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower in center foreground, taken during the Paris Exposition of 1889]")
![[Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzYvMDEvMDEvZWlmZmVsLXRvd2VyLXBhcmlzLWZyYW5jZS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Eiffel Tower, Paris, France] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[Aerial view of Paris, France, from a balloon, showing the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower at center, and buildings of the Exposition universelle]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjEvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2YtcGFyaXMtZnJhbmNlLWZyb20tYS1iYWxsb29uLXNob3dpbmctdGhlLXNlaW5lLXJpdmVyLWFuZC10aGUtZjdhNzg1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Aerial view of Paris, France, from a balloon, showing the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower at center, and buildings of the Exposition universelle]")
![[Captive balloon of Henri Giffard over Paris, 1878; high above rooftops]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzgvMDEvMDEvY2FwdGl2ZS1iYWxsb29uLW9mLWhlbnJpLWdpZmZhcmQtb3Zlci1wYXJpcy0xODc4LWhpZ2gtYWJvdmUtcm9vZnRvcHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/38/webp "[Captive balloon of Henri Giffard over Paris, 1878; high above rooftops]")
