Production date/period : 1908
Production place : London

General Description : A photograph showing a man being lifted in the air by a large balloon at Wembley, there is a parachute attached to the underside of the balloon. Labelled as ‘The Baloon [sic] going up & shows the parachute, man & weight for reversing Baloon [sic]’ and is in a series of images titled ‘Parachute ascent at Wembley 1908’.

Copyright holder : Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery