Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile fete, next Wednesday, 21st ...
Publisher: Balne Brothers, printers, Gracechurch Street
Published: 1841
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Text
Subjects: Balloons (Aircraft) -- England -- London -- 1840-1850; Festivals -- England -- London -- 1840-1850; Vauxhall Gardens (London, England) -- 1840-1850
Description: Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?. Includes a list of the events and scheduled performances, including the release of the balloon "Fat Boy." "A great personage will make his first appearance at any place of amusement this evening--the renowned Fat Boy! and, inflated ... he will pay his respects ... and becoming a day balloon, will bid adieu to terra firma, ascending head-foremost to the infinity of space ... it is formed to travel about 100 miles."
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