Henri Lachambre

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Henri Lachambre.
Henri Lachambre.

Henri Lachambre was a French manufacturer of balloons.

He supplied balloons to both the US Signal Corps [1] and the ill fated Arctic mission of S. A. Andrée in 1897.

An advert for the business of 19th-century balloon-maker Henri Lachambre, depicts a balloon rising out of a mass of animals and other balloons.
An advert for the business of 19th-century balloon-maker Henri Lachambre, depicts a balloon rising out of a mass of animals and other balloons.

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  1.   Parkinson, R. J. (1960) "United States Signal Corps Balloons, 1871-1902" in Military Affairs


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