Ascending Collection (page 3)

Spectators watch the balloon Le Monde ascending over an open field. Date between 1880 and 1890

Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerin s
Technical illustration shows four stages of Andre Garnerins parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon

Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending balloon at a public performance before crowd of spectators. Date between 1880 and 1900

Embossed card shows balloon labelled rien d impossible ascending with passenger. Date between 1860 and 1900

Ascending steps of El, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 July

Ascending Skiers
A group of skiers climbing a hill on their skis. Date: 1930s

The Leas Lifts, Folkestone, Kent. The Folkestone cliff lift is a water balanced funicular opened in 1885. This proved so popular three further lifts were added. circa 1910s

Switzerland - Ascending a glacier
Switzerland - Fice climbers scale a glacier Date: circa 1910s

PICCARDs 1931 ASCENT -2
Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, with colleague Kipfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps Date: 27 May 1931

Malvern Water Cure (4)
(4 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Ascending Douche " Now Sir, please to take a seat"

Mexico - Ascending slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano
Amecameca, Southern Mexico - some hardy souls and their horses ascend the slopes of the Popocatepetl Volcano

Steps and archway, Kashgar, western China
A set of steep steps descending through an archway in Kashgar, western China

The Staircase at Buckingham Palace, London, 1870
Engraving showing a large group of people in formal evening dress ascending the staircase at Buckingham Palace, London, 1870

Raising the Great Bell into the Tower of St. Pauls Cathedra
Engraving showing three stages in the raising of a new Great Bell into the tower of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, in 1882. At left, the bell is shown within the South-west tower doorway

John Evangelist Ascends
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST the only one of the apostles to escape martyrdom, he has to make his own way to heaven, which he does by ascending into the skies as shown here

Climbing : Breithorn
A roped party, ascending the Breithorn on a fine sunny day, pause for a moment while the photographer records the scene for posterity

A Paris Concierge 1860
A Paris concierge looks daggers at a resident who fails to wipe his boots before ascending her stairs

Climbing the Pyramids
Egyptian men stand on the lower levels of the Great Pyramid of Cheops at Giza, ready to assist adventurous tourists, keen to scale the mighty structure

BOUSSONs 1900 PROJECT
BOUSSONs PROJECT The auto-aviateur of Firmin Bousson, designed to run on the ground, ascending into the air when required

Huzzar Jumper 1933
Unusual hand-knitted pullover modelled on a Huzzars uniform incorporates a bold geometric pattern of light coloured bands of diminishing length on bodice & sleeves

Piccard Ascends 1931
Auguste Piccard, Swiss scientist, with colleague Kupfer, reaches record altitude of 16, 201m, ascending from Augsburg and coming down in the Austrian Alps

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