Paris, Place de l’Étoile, eight views taken from the Henri Giffard, a tethered balloon
Félix Nadar, 1868
Plate composed of eight views from collodion glass negatives, 23 x 28.8 cm.
BnF, Prints and Photographs Department, EO-15 (11)-FOL
© Bibliothèque nationale de France
Over the summer of 1868, Giffard's tethered balloon, which had been built for the 1867 World's Fair, was operated by Arnauld at the Hippodrome racetrack, then located between what are now Bugeaud and Malakoff Avenues. The balloon's remarkable stability allowed Nadar to take sharp photographs.
© BnF, Éditions multimédias, 2018