“There is nothing more fashionable at the moment than these postcards of Santos Dumont.”
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Postcard from one Frenchman (Edouard) to another (Alexis Porte) showing Santos Dumont's balloon near the Eiffel Tower, in 1901, during the Deutsch Prize.
- Paris, November 1901.
- A leaf.
- In French.
- 9 cm x 14 cm.
- Excellent condition of conservation.
- Unique piece.
Handwritten and translated from French
Very expensive, there is nothing more fashionable at the moment than these postcards of Santos Dumont.
Here's one that also shows my neighborhood (...).
Printed on postcard and translated from French
Santos Dumont's last race starting from the Coteaux de Longchamp Park and returning in 29 minutes and 15 seconds, thus gaining 45 seconds over the imposed time.
Santos Dumont number 7, after passing the Eiffel Tower, heads towards the Parc des Coteaux de Longchamp, view taken from the Pont Iéna. Paris, October 10, 1901.
Mistakes happen, especially in postcards. Here the description indicates N7 but in reality it was N6 that appears in the photograph, the same one that Santos Dumont used to win the Deutsch Prize a few weeks later, on November 4, 1901. N7 came much later.
In 1901, Alberto Santos Dumont was already well-known for his achievements in aviation. That year, he made several notable flights aboard his experimental airships, learning from each machine and test. But it was winning the Deutsch Prize from the Aeroclub of France that would change his life: he became known to the general public, including the greats of this world. Motivated by success and fame, he worked even harder to improve the stability and maneuverability of his aircraft, with the goal of making longer and safer flights.
In this postcard, probably written by a Parisian soldier to another, what caught my attention was, besides the error in the airship number, the first lines that testify to the excitement surrounding the flights of Santos Dumont, the audacious Brazilian writing the first pages of the History of aviation: Very expensive, there is nothing more fashionable at the moment than these postcards of Santos Dumont.
