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Ballon-Poste 1871A Ballon-Poste loaded with mail leaves the place Saint- Pierre, Montmartre Date: January 1871
WW2 - Barrage Ballon Ground CrewA photograph of a British WW2 barrage ballon with it's ground crew. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Filling A Barrage BallonA photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force ground crew filling a barrage balloon with gas. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - R. A. F. Barrage Ballon UnitA photograph of a British WW2 Royal Air Force barrage balloon unit going into action stations. Date: circa 1940s
ZENITH BALLOON ACCIDENTCarrying away the dead bodies following the fatal crash of the balloon Zenith when the aeronauts on board fainted due to the ballon's high altitude Date: May 1, 1875
The balloon man, caricature of the balloonist MontgolfierThe balloon man, l homme aux ballons, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier by Jean-Baptiste Letourmy of Orleans, 18th century
Man with round bowler hat and whipMan with round bowler hat, green jacket, waistcoat, cravat, breeches, whip and pink-striped stockings. When fashions appear strange or embarrassing, I recall the hammer wigs, wide-sleeve coats
United States Navy - Atlantic Fleet in harbour, including the Illinois-class battleships USS Alabama and USS Illinois, distinctive for having side-by side funnels
Andre Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown at left)
Ballon D essai 1927Woman wearing a gorgeous full layered tutu dress with gold high heeled shoes holding a bunch of balloons. Date: 1927
Inflating Charles BallonThe balloon is filled with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by means of a Vitriolic Acid; it will make an unmanned flight from the Champ de Mars to Gonzesse. Date: 27 August 1783
Le Ballon de LyonPlate showing Le Ballon de Lyon, nomme
Experience Aerostatique Faite ࠌyonPlate showing Expe
Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique. Astronomical chart showing a male figure holding an inverted bowl from which water flows
Ballon Godard. Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board. Date between 1860 and 1900
Le captif, grand ballon e vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel. Advertisement announcing Henri Giffards captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris
Le ballon de Lyon, nomme le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102 diametre, d apres les dimensions donnees par Mr. Montgolfier et eleve des Brotteaux jusquapres de 1400 Toises
Chateau aerien. Ballon captif e cloisons etanches, systeme Tobiansky. Exposition universelle 1894. Belgian poster shows an air station suspended by a captive balloon at the 1894 worlds fair in
Le ballon captif!. Drawing shows a captive balloon designed by Henri Giffard and exhibited in 1867, displayed in a city plaza, with two men conversing in foreground and a uniformed guard
Descente du ballon le Pole Nord e Auneau (Eure et Loir) le 27 juin 1869, par G. Tissandier. Diagram shows (1) Trajectoire de l aerostat (elevation) and (2) Courbe de trainage (plan)
Grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries. Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffards giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris
Le ballon captif e vapeur de Mr. Henri Giffard, e Londres, mai 1869. Drawing shows the giant captive balloon constructed by Henri Giffard for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 and brought to London
Allarme generale des habitants de Gonesse occasionee par la chute du ballon areostatique de Mr. de Mongolfier. Vue d optique shows the unmanned gas balloon, The Globe
Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard text. Blank form for passengers to record observations (data) during ascents in Giffards giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in
Le grand ballon captif des Tuileries. Broadside announcing Henri Giffards captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris
Seconde et derniere ascension du ballon Monstre, construit et dirige par Mr. Green... 9 janvier, 1837. Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green, in his balloon Monstre
Ballon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, pres le chemin de fer de la rive gauche. Tous les jours de 9 heures a 6 heures
Le ballon redaction et bureaux A. Brissonnet... Paris. Clipping from an unknown book or magazine advertises the French aeronautical journal Le ballon
Voyages aeriens de MM Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de retour dans Paris assiege. Le ballon, Le Jean Bart descend au milieu de la Seine en vue de Jumieges, 8 novembre 1870
Experience aerostatique faite e Lyon; d un ballon de cent pieds de diametre le 10 i.e. 19 janvier 1784, e midi 48 minutes
Le ballon bulletin trimestriel de toutes les ascensions, 6me annee, janvier, fevier, mars, 1883. Advertisement for the French aeronautical journal Le ballon shows a balloon carrying two passengers
Formule pour connaitre la pression du vent sur la surface d un ballon et pour indiquer aussi la force necessaire d un propulseur
Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries... Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffards captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879
Aerostat systeme Vaussin Chardanne (brevete). Moyens simples et peu couteuse pour faire descendre et remonter e volante un ballon dans lair sans perte de gaz et de lest, sans crainte l accidents
Details deune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8, 000 m. cubesDetails dune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8, 000 m. cubes. Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Date 1868
Concours sur le meilleur moyen d elever un ballon sans perte de gaz de lest. Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift
Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. Henry Giffard, ingenieur-constructeur. Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffards captive balloon in the courtyard of
Le ballon de Mr. Godard!. Humorous drawing shows a woman pointing up in surprise at a cow and person apparently falling from a balloon associated with Godards experiments with lighter-than-air
L Aerienne, nouveau systeme de ballon dirigeable par Camille Dupuy. Broadside announcing the exhibition of a navigable balloon designed by Camille Dupuy at the boulevart Magenta
Le comble de la direction du ballon. Caricature of Brazilian scientist, Alberto Santos-Dumont (at right), discussing the control
Le ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, ingenieur e Paris. Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffards balloon ascensions in 1878
Sauvetage du ballon Le Tricolore Monte par Monsieur et Madame Duruof, naufrages sur les cotes d Angleterre, et recueillis par le patron William Oxley et son Second du Port de Grimsby
Portrait d apres nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans ballon. French cartoon shows Abbe Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money()
Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures preciss. Ascension aerostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au benefice de l expedition de M. Gustave Lambert
Joseph Montgolfier de l Academie des sciences, belles lettres, et artes de Lyon, inveniteur de la machine aerostatique ou ballon
Navigation aerienne. Ballon & appareil de direction construit par M. Pompeien-Piraud, inventeur. Print shows the airship Avenir floating above a coastline, ships at sea
Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 aout 1868. Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier
Salle de concert du cercie artistique... Exposition du gigantesque ballon Cita di Firenze de Eugene Godard, aeronaute de l Empereur... Place St. Michel dimanche 30 janvier 1870
