MAKE A MEME View Large Image Aviation fatality - Pilatre de Rozier and Romain.jpg Deaths of balloonists Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain The accident took place on June 15 1785 and is the first known aviation fatality This image is from the Library ...
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Keywords: Aviation fatality - Pilatre de Rozier and Romain.jpg Deaths of balloonists Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain The accident took place on June 15 1785 and is the first known aviation fatality This image is from the Library of Congress online collection and is in the public domain See catalog information below TITLE Mort de Pilatre de Rosier i e Rozier et de Romain Tel quils onts etés trouvés après leurs chûte CALL NUMBER LOT 13400 no 42 P P Check for an online group record may link to related items REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-DIG-ppmsca-02226 digital file from original print LC-USZ61-1699 b w film copy neg No known restrictions on publication SUMMARY Print shows the death of balloonists Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier and Jules Romain when their Royal Balloon crashed near Boulogne France June 15 1785 in what is considered the first aerial disaster MEDIUM 1 print stipple engraving CREATED/PUBLISHED S l s n between 1785 and 1820 NOTES Title from item Tissandier collection Exhibited The Dream of Flight American Treasures of the Library of Congress 2003-04 SUBJECTS Pilâtre de Rozier Jean-François 1754-1785--Death burial Romain Jules d 1785--Death burial Balloonists--French--1780-1820 Ballooning accidents--France--1780-1820 FORMAT Stipple engravings 1780-1820 REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA DIGITAL ID digital file from original print ppmsca 02226 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/ppmsca 02226 b w film copy neg cph 3a03413 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3a03413 CARD 2002724819 PD-old 15 June 1785 Boulogne-Billancourt Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier Location not applicable Stipple engravings
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