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AltRefNoGardner Box 35 No 12b
Title[Destruction of the Victoria and Albert balloon on June 16th 1851]
DescriptionThis balloon was called the Victoria and Albert because it was launched in the year of the Great Exhibition - the brainchild of Prince Albert. The balloon is shown crashing into a house in Arlington Street, viewed from Green Park.
Date16 Jun 1851
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Persons
CodePersonNameDates
NA272Victoria and Albert Balloon
Places
CodeSet
PL905Green Park/St George, Hanover Square
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