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Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait. Date between 1880 and 1900
The Aerostatic globe balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France
Mr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Green in that fatal parachute experiment of Mr. Robert Cocking s, July 24th, 1837, from Vauxhall Gardens
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
Jean Louis Carra, ne e Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, depute du Dept. de Saone et Loire, e la Convention nationale de 1792. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra
Machine aerostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, quis est elevee e Paris, avec deux homme e la hauteur de 324 pieds le 19 oct. 1783
L Esperance en traversant l espace vous portera mes plus douces pensees et mes meilleurs voeux. Collecting card shows balloon L Esperance flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower
The days folly. Humorous print shows two women and a man trying to capture a man wearing nightgown before he flies through an open window. Date ca. 1800
Inflated balloon with filling apparatus attached to barrels of gas. Date between 1783 and 1799
Embrasement deplorable de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Miolan et Janinet le dimanche 11 juillet 1784. Print shows the balloon of Abbe Miolan and Janinet on fire
Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for securing multi-passenger platforms on captive balloons; arrangement of ropes for netting;
The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & United States mail contractors. American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts
The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at the ceremony of opening by their Majesties. Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending
Emblemes patriotiques Embl?mes patriotiquesEmblemes patriotiques. Print intended to arouse citizen resistance during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Shows a female figure (Liberty?) carrying a sword standing between two shields
Projet deenceinte pour gonflement deaerostatProjet denceinte pour gonflement daerostat. Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines
Vincent Lunardi Esqr. secretary to the late Neapolitan ambassador, first aerial traveller in England. An honorary member of the Honble
PJ Barthez. Head-and-shoulders portrait of scientist PJ Barthez, whose locomotion studies served as a precursor to the study of aerodynamics. Date ca. 1800
Nouveau systeme de locomotion aerienne du Docteur Van Hecke. Design drawing for system of harnessing several balloons in descending size to provide the lift to transport various weights of people
Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a flag and handkerchief. Date between 1860 and 1900?
Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while suspended from a balloon. Date between 1870 and 1900
Ville de Bruxelles, Parc Leopold... dimanche 11 octobre 1885, de 2 e 4 hres. de l apres-midi. Grande fete aerostatique populaire
L ignorance prouvee. Ou les evenements de la journee du 11 juillet 1784 au Luxembourg. French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbe Miollan
A consultation previous to an aerial voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau on the 7th day of November, 1836. Group portrait with balloon in the background of (from left to right) W. Prideaux, J
Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including top, bottom, and side views. Date 1868?
Nicolas Jacques ConteMr. Charles. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist JAC. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Date between 1790 and 1850
Les auteurs de la belle Bourbonnaise. French caricature shows two men in a balloon basket shaped like a tri-corner hat attached to a balloon with the face of a man
The chamber of genius. British cartoon shows an artist wearing nightshirt and painting a picture at his home/studio while his wife, children, and a cat are neglected
Mr. le maris. deArlande, premier navigateur aerienMr. le maris. dArlande, premier navigateur aerien. Half-length portrait of French balloonist Marquis Francois Laurent d Arlande in uniform. Date 1784. Mr. le maris
M. Charles. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist JAC. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Date between 1790 and 1850
3eme et derniere experience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garnerin, au Champ de Mars, dimanche 21 avril, a son profit
L arrivee. Drawing shows the descent of a balloon with a parachutist below and balloonist in basket controlling descent. Date between 1850 and 1900
Itineraire - de l ascension de nuit du 7 aout 1884, de la Villette e Poisly. Hand-drawn map shows the route, time, and altitude of a night balloon journey in France from La Villette (Paris)
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
Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l occasion de la Saint-Louis. Ascension en balon, par M. Margat
Navire aerien dirigeable. Systeme JB Metivier, force ascensionnelle 90, 000 kos. Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by JB Metivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship
Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert, au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783. Print shows Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles
M. Eiffel, our artists latest tour de force, June 29, 1889. Caricature of Gustav Eiffel in the form of the Eiffel Tower, which he built for the Exposition universelle in Paris in 1889
La pensees eleve, le souvenir demeure. Collecting card shows balloon flying over a bridge and waterway as letters fall from the balloon basket to birds on ground below. Date between 1860 and 1900
Four scenes of men and women courting(?) while riding in balloons captioned with rebuses. Date between 1783 and 1800
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
Cremorne Gardens... Grand Victoria fete in honour of the Inauguration of the Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Majesty, on Thursday, May 1st, 1851
Lower part of a large captive balloon moored to a launching platform showing network of ropes and balloon basket with about 10 occupants. Date between 1880 and 1890
Collecting cards depicting a story about a Chinese governor of Bac-Ninh, who, while relaxing on a hill with his rabbits, is frightened by an approaching balloon carrying sailors
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile fete, next Wednesday, 21st... Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?
Blank sheet of stationery with elaborate watermark for the French papermakers Canson & Montgolfier, including an 1883 calendar surrounded by a decorative border
Madame Blanchard (Madeleine Sophie Armand) aeronaute nee vers 1778 death symbol e Paris 6 juillet 1819. Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand Blanchard. Date 1859
Le prince de Ligne. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Prince de Ligne, who was on board the balloon La Fresselle, Jan. 19, 1784, with Joseph Montgolfier and Pilatre de Rozier. Date 1825
Aerostat electrique a helice conduit dans les airs. Design drawings show several views of an electric powered airship designed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier, which made an ascension October 8
