Date:1900
Description:Balloon preparing for ascent, at Dudley Castle. Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted large crowds. He and his family lived and worked in Handsworth for most of their lives.
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Photograph from an album, of a balloon being secured for mooring. Lempriere's aeronautical displays ...
Lempriere's balloon at one of the many events he attended. It isn't recorded where this was taken but ...
Photograph of a balloon ascent. Lempriere's aeronautical displays with balloons and parachutes attracted ...
Lempriere was taken ill at his home, 13 Wilton Road and subsequently died - a week short of his ninety ...
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Image courtesy of: Birmingham City Archives
Donor ref:Lempriere Archive MS1575 Archives Dept. (6/3704)
Source: Birmingham City Archives
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