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The Pax Airship of Augusto Sévéro, which caused his death
Postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustrated depiction of the semi-rigid airship "Pax" flown by Brazilian aeronaut Augusto Severo de Albuquerque Maranhão (1864-1902) and French mechanic Georges Saché over Paris on May 12, 1902. Propelled by an internal combustion engine, the airship caught fire and crashed, killing both men.
1902-May-12 (Date attributed to balloon flight)
1909 (Date attributed to postcard)

This postcard is part of a set originally collected in a scrapbook entitled Album Gravures et Cartes-Postales: Vieux Paris Types Petits Métiers et Cris De La Rue (1909).