Balloons Collection (page 7)

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

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

Display of the Arts and Sciences - Experiments
A general display of the Arts and Sciences. Frontipiece plate, showing a wide variety of scientific experiments and demonstrations taking place

Balloon ship, WW1
The balloon ship, H.M.S. " Canning" with the balloon (for observation purposes) about to make an ascent from deck. Date: 1916

RFA men with parachute equipment, France, WW1
Men of the RFA (Royal Field Artillery) with parachute equipment on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are responsible for air observation using kite balloons

British telephone exchange for observation balloon, WW1
A British telephone exchange inside a lorry, for communications with RFA observation balloons on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Aerial minefields by G. H. Davis
Aerial minefields to baffle raiders: a new form of barrage. Major Muirs idea for a minefield of small bombs supported by free balloons. Date: 1939

Balloon bursting at RAF display by G. H. Davis
Balloon bursting: a new contest at the RAF display. A supreme test of skill in manoeuvring: fast little gamecock aeroplanes ramming elusive balloons that dart rapidly here

The Tatler, Season Number 1926
Cover of The Tatlers Seasons Number for May 1926, featuring an illustration by Jean Gabriel Domergue of an elegant woman blowing up balloons or bubbles. Date: 1926

Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away, Take It Away, Take It Away), with words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, as performed in the revue High Time

Buy Victory Loan leaflet
A Message from the Skies - a Victory Loan leaflet dropped from British air balloons during the World War One war savings campaign. Date: 1917

Coronation celebrations in The Tatler
On the left, an enterprising group of people enjoy the spectacle of the Coronation of 1953 from the air (illustration by A F Wiles)

Chocolate box design, lady in carnival costume
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in a red carnival costume with balloons. Date: 20th century

King George VI inspects barrage balloons, 1939
King George VI, on a visit to a balloon unit in October 1939, inspects the wires of a barrage balloon. Date: 1939

Queen Elizabeth inspects barrage balloons, 1939
Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother), inspects the fabric used on a barrage balloon as she and the King tour a balloon unit in October 1939. Date: 1939

A German kite-balloon shot down by an Allied pilot
Allied aircraft having destroyed a German kite-balloon. Such gas-filled balloons were tethered to the ground and used to observe the surrounding area. Date: 1916

Mr. Martyns Design for an Aerostatic Globe, 1783 - The earliest English design for a Navigable Balloon. Date: 1783

German Luftwaffe Barrage Balloon - WWII Date: circa 1940

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France - Balloonists Monument
Neuilly-sur-Seine in the western suburbs of Paris, France - Porte du Ternes and Monument des Aeronautes (Monument to the Aeronauts and Pigeons of the Siege of Paris). Date: circa 1901

Norwich - Carnival - Seven Women as Portland Vase - Wedgwood
Norwich, Norfolk - A Carnival - Seven Women dressed as the Portland Vase advertising Wedgwood. The Portland vase was in the news at the time as th Earl of Portland tried to sell the original (Roman)

Two balloons alongside a railway station in Monmouth

George Cruickshank Taxi Balloons - A scene in the Farce of Lofty Projects (1825) [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]

Plate showing a number of different balloons

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