
Real photo postcard, 6x4", showing Latham in his Antoinette with a congratulatory inscription below: "Vive Latham en l' Antoinette", signed "M. Marvingt". Marvingt (1875-1963) was a pioneering female French balloonist and the first women to pilot a balloon across the North Sea and English Channel. She is also rumored to be the first women to fly a monoplane. Excellent condition.