Hot Air Balloon 'Kind Edward VII' leaving the arena at the Royal Exhibition Building, Nicholson Street, Carlton C.1908
As part of the A.N.A.'s Exhibition in 1908 a number of 'sideshows' were held with one of the most popular being a balloon ascent and parachute drop by Alphonse Stewart, a French-Canadian. Stewart's two Balloons were called 'President Roosevelt' and 'Kind Edward'. Throughout the Exhibition Stewart performed the act a number of times until breaking his leg upon landing.