Ascent Collection (page 6)

Royal Family viewing balloon ascent, Windsor
The Royal Family viewing a balloon ascent in the garden of Windsor Castle. 1784

Blanchards balloon ascent, Chelsea, London
Grand Aerostatic Balloon, in which Mr Blanchard ascended from the Royal Military Academy at Little Chelsea, London. 16 October 1784

Mr Green on horseback with his balloon
Article and illustration, Ascension of Mr Green with his Balloon, on Horseback, on Tuesday from the Eagle Tavern, City Road, with an Account of his Descent at Beckenham in Kent. 1828

Balloon ascending with animal passengers
The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon. A fanciful engraving of a balloon rising with a cage full of animals (a duck, a cockerel and a lamb), with a crowd of people watching. 1783

Ornately decorated balloon in flight
An ornately decorated balloon in flight, possibly over Islington, North London. 1815

Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens... H. Brading, Proprietor... has, at the solicitation of several scientific gentlemen, prevailed on Mr. Gypson, who will

Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850. Date between 1850 and 1900

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall... this day, Monday, May 5th, a balloon ascent will positively take place by the veteran Green, in the Royal Nassau balloon

A grand balloon ascent, Battys, Thursday, July 1st, 1852
A grand balloon ascent, Batty s, Thursday, July 1st, 1852. Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled Royal Hippodrome to advertise a

Rotundo i. e. Rotunda Gardens. Mr. Hamptons grand 77th ascen
Rotundo i.e. Rotunda Gardens. Mr. Hamptons grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon, Erin-Go-Bragh the first ascent this season, will take place on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1848

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, August 7, 1838. Ascent of the Nassau Balloon, combined with the evening entertainments

Preparing for ascent in balloon, Western Front, WW1
A German officer preparing for the ascent in a reconnaissance balloon on the Western Front during the First World War. He is equipped with a cinematographic camera with which to photograph the enemy

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

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

Vauxhall Balloon
A balloon ascent in Vauxhall Gardens

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Albert Smiths Ascent of Mont Blanc, London, 1852
Engraving showing an illustrated lecture given by Albert Smith, on the subject of his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1851, in the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, 1852

Lunardis Balloon
View of the Ascent of Mr LUNARDIs celebrated air Balloon from the Artillery Ground (London)

Glaisher Coxwell Balloon
Glaisher and Coxwell are affected by the altitude during their ascent at Wolverhampton for the purpose of scientific study

Ascent of Mt. Cook 1882
The first ascent of Mount Cook, New Zealand

Railway on Snowdon
A spectacular ascent in this railway car carries you to the summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales

Montgolfier / Manned
Balloon of de Rozier and d Arlandes makes its first manned ascent

Tourist Climbs Pyramid
A tourists aided in his ascent of one of the Giza pyramids

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