Balloon Collection (page 8)

Mr Gales Balloon crossing Vauxhall Bridge, London
Mr Gales Balloon on its flight from the London gasworks to Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, seen here crossing Vauxhall Bridge. 1847

Five children on a cutout Christmas card
Five children playing Blind Mans Bluff on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Father Christmas with sleigh on a Victorian scrap
Father Christmas with his sleigh full of presents and two reindeer on a Victorian scrap. He stands talking to a girl and a boy, no doubt asking them if they have been good. Date: circa 1890s

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Barrage Balloon Fabric Workers
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Barrage Balloon Fabric Workers Date: circa 1942

Dog with a hat and balloon in a 1970s living room
A dog wearing a hat stands on its hind legs, with a balloon in its mouth, held by a woman in slippers, in a heavily wallpapered 1970s living room. Middlesbrough, England. Date: 1970s

Future Prediction - Flying Bus - Humorous Postcard
An older lady, herself flying a lightweight flying machine, with her pet dog held up by a small helium balloon, approaches a flying bus of the General Air Car Company Ltd

Susi - burst balloon on her head
Susi - with a burst balloon on her head. 1950s

Susi - bursting a balloon, the moment of explosion! 1950s

Party Game greetings card, with Pierrot, Columbine, balloons and lanterns. circa 1920s

Happy Families Animals - Miss Hippo. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Master Camel. circa 1940s

Boy on Pris Metro platform with balloon Date: 1980s

Victorian Scrapbook Cover - Ballooning. 19th century

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo buys a balloon, which lifts him up into the air, until he lands on a policemans head. Originally published in The Bonzo Book (Partridge, London). Date: 1925

George Ernest Studdy -- Bonzo blowing up balloons, a cartoon which first appeared in Tit-Bits Magazine in 1925. Date: 1925

Eugene Godard
EUGENE GODARD: French aeronaut, best known for the captive balloon at the Paris Exposition which attracted enormous numbers of visitors. We have many pictures of it. Date: 1827? - 1890

Jules F Dupuis-Delcourt
JULES FRANCOIS DUPUIS-DELCOURT French balloon pioneer, with many ambitious projects which only occasionally bore fruit. Date: ACTIVE 1820S-1850S

FOOTBALL PARTY GAME
The party is divided into two teams. A dividing tape is stretched across the floor of the room and the teams have to to blow a balloon over the heads of the opposition! Date: 1930s

Charles Balloon Lands
The unmanned gas-filled balloon flies from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse, where it is attacked by peasants who know a device of the Devil when they see one. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Leaves
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid soars from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse where it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Soars
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid rises from the Champ de Mars, Paris : landing at Gonzesse it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Inflating Charles Ballon
The 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

De Groofs Fatal Crash
DE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874

Reconnaissance Balloons
Rodeks observation balloon for the German Army reduces weight by dispensing with the basket, but the observer might feel over-exposed, and become uncomfortable after a while. Date: 1895

Signalling Balloons
Using balloons of different colours at different heights is an effective way of signalling if you re not in a hurry, the sky is clear and the enemy doesn t shoot them down. Date: Late 19th century

View from Balloon 1790S
A View from a Balloon above the clouds, seen by Mr Baldwin Date: 1790s

Accident Passenger Saved
When a sightseer is accidentally carried aloft by a balloon at Middleton, USA, acrobat Miss Daisy saves her by her hairs breadth... Date: September 1906

Unfortunate Traveller
When a Swiss balloon tips suddenly, a female passenger falls out : her companion grabs and holds her as long as he can, but in the end... Date: 1913

Woman with Ironed Towels
A smiling young woman carries some ironed towels and sheets; a wholsesome testament to the virtues of clean living. Date: 1930s

Feeding Pigeons 1950S
A little boy feeds pigeons in Marseilles whilst a woman and a balloon seller look on. Date: 1950s

Balloon Seller / 1971
A balloon seller with an extremely large balloon, annoys a man by trying to read his newspaper over his shoulder. Date: 1971

Balloon in Channel 1810
Sadler and Clayfields flight lands them in the Channel; fortunately the sea seems calm and look, theres a boat coming to rescue them ! Date: 1810

Balloon Factory Paris
The Gare d Orleans is converted into a factory for balloons to carry mail - and sometimes passengers - from the besieged city Date: September 1870

Siege of Paris- Balloons
An escape by Balloon. Date: 1870

First Gas Balloon (2)
Sic itur ad astra - The first manned flight in a gas balloon, over Paris Date: 1787

Volleyball with a balloon, as played by Germans at Tempelhof, near Berlin. Date: 1904

The Balloon of Cantoya, Mexico -- an international festival in Michoacan. Date: circa 1900s

Vignette design, Mexican couple watching a balloon. circa 1910s

Balloons during Franco-Prussian War
Manufacturing workshop of balloons at the Orleans station during Franco-Prussian War for use during the defense of Paris. Date: 1870s

Lamas flight project
The project of Francesco de Lama, an Italian Jesuit from Brescia, based on sound aeronautical principles though his calculations were somewhat at fault. Date: 1670

Joy Bells by Albert de Courville
Promotional postcard for Joy Bells revue by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and Thomas J. Gray; music Frederick Chappelle. First produced at the London Hippodrome, 25th March 1919. Artist: E. P

A Kite Balloon car over the Western Front, WW1
Two observers in the basket of a kite balloon pictured spotting activity on the ground below. The Kite Balloon section (often known as the balloonatics)

Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920s
Stylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll

Japanese sailors practicing balloon jumping
Japanese sailers practicing balloon jumping at a naval air force station in Kasumigaura. Date: 1932

Cartoon, The Great Balloon, by James Gillray. A satirical comment on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Cartoon, Siege de la Colonne de Pompee [Pompeys Pillar, a Roman triumphal column], Science in the Pillory, by James Gillray

The Old Order Changeth
" Flight-Sergeant, in future when we go up, just give the order Let Go, instead of Let go the guys, " Date: 1918

Costume designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Costume designs and patterns for girls, a page in Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

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