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Balloon-inspired costumes, late 18th century.
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Picture Number:10415790
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Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
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Caption:
Satire on the balloon craze, showing male and female 'physicists' in bizarre costumes. Illustration from 'Histoire des ballons et des aeronautes celebres: 1783-1800' (History of balloons and famous aeronauts), by Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899), published in 1887.
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In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library
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Subject(s) > Society & Wars > Clothing
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Related to:
Histoire des ballons et des aeronautes celebres
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