Category:Blanchard's 1793 balloon ascension in Philadelphia

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English: Jean-Pierre Blanchard's ascension in a hot air balloon from the Walnut Street Prison yard in Philadelphia across the Delaware River to Deptford Township, New Jersey, January 9, 1793. This was the first balloon flight in North America. The ascension was observed in Philadelphia by many notable people, including United States President George Washington, from the adjacent Southwest Square (now Washington Square).

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Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my forty-fifth ascension..., showing a balloon with a man holding an American flag LCCN2006691768.jpg 4,096 × 3,291; 1.1 MB
Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my forty-fifth ascension..., showing a balloon with a man holding an American flag LCCN2006691768.tif 4,096 × 3,291; 12.86 MB
Wonderful Balloon Ascents, 1870 - Blanchard's Descent.jpg 2,089 × 1,297; 709 KB

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