Balloons Collection (page 6)

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

Charles Green. Balloon
Charles Green pilots a scientific flight from Vauxhall Gardens, with Nicklin, Welsh & Adie Date: 1852

Aero Exhibition 1913
The AERO EXHIBITION at Olympia, London, features actual aircraft and balloons as well as stands for such companies as Bleriot. Date: 1913

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

Balloons at Bath
Two balloons fly above the abbey, Bath. Date: 1991

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

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

Frank Hedges Butler
FRANK HEDGES BUTLER (1855 - 1928), Motorist and aviator Date: 1909

Christmas 1930S
A little boy sits in front of the fireplace surrounded by toys and books, watched by his parents and grandfather. The mantlepiece is full of cards and has balloons round it. Date: 1930s

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

Miss Nancy Beaton
Black and white photograph of Miss Nancy Beaton in her Air dress for the Tha Ball of the Midnight Sun organised by Mrs Robin d Erlanger at the Park Lane Hotel, London on 22nd November 1928

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

How King Christmas Comes by C. E. Bernard
A very modern Father Christmas delivers presents by jumping out of an aeroplane holding a large bunch of balloons. Date: 1921

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

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

Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol - Girls with Balloons
Mullers New Orphan Houses, Bristol. Girls pose with balloons

Two toddlers under the mistletoe at a Christmas party -- a little boy kisses a little girl on the cheek. Date: circa 1960s

German Type AE observation balloon, copied from a French model, which was used extensively from early summer 1916 onwards. It was capable of day and night operation

Balloons taking off near Newquay, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

WW2 - Munich crisis - barrage balloons Date: 1936

Glaisher and Coxwell scientific balloon ascent, 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in 1862 to make scientific meteorological observations. Date: 1862

Aerial voyages - Fonville in L Entreprenant, 1868
Aerial voyages - mountain ranges of clouds beheld from the balloon L Entreprenant, piloted by M W de Fonville on his second ascent on 22nd March 1868 from La Villette, near Paris. Date: 1868

Glaisher and Coxwell balloon ascent 1862
Balloon ascent by James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell in June 1862 to conduct meteorological observations. Here the balloon is above the clouds. Date: 1862

BLANCHARD, Jean-Pierre (1753 - 1809). French inventor, most remembered as a pioneer in aviation and ballooning. Blanchard in front of the Militar School. 02/03/1784. Engraving. FRANCE

The Zeppalloon by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
An ingenious adjustment. Whereby a captive balloon can, at a moments notice, be converted so as to appear like a Zeppelin

From the Balloon Observers Training Manual, WW1 cartoon
" All apparently natural features should be considered in relation to the general nature of the landscape, as the appearance of a hedge or even a solitary tree may be the cause of the discovery

Letting loose balloons from the Eiffel Tower
A small girl in the arms of her father, lets loose a small balloon with a postcard attached from the third platform of the newly completed Eiffel Tower

Children at Christmas party, Lambeth, London
Children enjoying themselves at a Christmas party at the London Fire Brigades Lambeth fire station (D61), 27 December 1957. Date: 1957

Father Christmas arriving, Soho Fire Station, London
Father Christmas (fireman Pester) arriving via a specially constructed fireplace in the appliance room of Soho Fire Station, London, to give out the presents at a New Year party on 2 January 1955

Little girl at a New Year party, Soho Fire Station, London
A little girl with Father Christmas (fireman Pester) at a New Year party, Soho Fire Station, London, 2 January 1955. A total of 65 children attended the party

Children at a party, Soho Fire Station, London
Children at a New Year party, Soho Fire Station, London, 2 January 1955. A total of 65 children attended, seen here sitting at tables in the appliance room

Training Royal Flying Corps officers in a balloon, WW1
A school in the sky over London town - how officers are trained in the Royal Flying Corps. Balloons flying over the capital

Mont St Eloi, from Monchy le Preux
Mont St. Eloi, from Monchy le Preux. A scene near the village, dated September 3rd 18. Observation balloons in the sky. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division

Locomotive balloon in Vauxhall Gardens
The locomotive balloon designed by a Mr Bell, a forerunner of the 20th century Zeppelin, which made several ascents at the famous Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in the 1850s

Rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath
A rudimentary balloon with a boat slung underneath.There are four balloons (two at each end), a sail to propel it vehicle and a rudder to steer it. From: Collegium experimentale, sive, curiosum

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