Aérotère / H. Francois., Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows a boat-like vehicle on wheels with parachutes. Tissandier collection.
[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six...
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coronation procession of his majesty George the Fourth, 19th July, 182...
Print shows a street procession with King George IV at his coronation festivities on July 19, 1821, in St. James' Park, London. Balloon flying at upper right represents balloonist Charles Green's first ascensi... More
Dn. Vicente Lunardi, vive en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro
Print shows banner with name of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi; includes figure playing a drum and two others dancing. "Preco" printed below image. "Bilhete d'introduc̦ão na Platca do Anfitheatro do Terreir... More
Experience aërostatique faite à Lyon; d'un ballon de cent pieds de dia...
Print shows the balloon, "Le Flesselles" ascending over Lyon, France, on January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC ... More
Patent drawing - Navire aérien dirigeable. Systême J.B. Métivier, forc...
Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by J.B. Métivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship utilizing balloons, sails, bellows, and propellers to transport passengers. (Source: A.G. Renstro... More
[View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit...
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...
Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More
Nadar / And. Gill., Nadar Collection 1850-1910
French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto the rope netting around a balloon which appears to have lost its basket. Illus. in: La lune, no. 65, 2 juin 1867, cover. Tissandier collection.
Le Neptune. J. Duruof / Lith. Riboulet.
Print shows the balloon "Le Neptune, J. Duruof" flying with passengers, in reference to Jules Duruof's ascent over Prussian enemy lines on September 23, 1870 during the Siege of Paris. Tissandier collection.
Léon Gambetta / Yves & Barret, sc. ; And. Gill.
French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, leaning on the back of a chair and looking up at vignettes of himself. He escaped the Siege of Paris in the balloon, "L'Armand Barbes" October 7,... More
Histoire populaire des ballons et des ascensions célèbres ...
Advertisement for a book by A. Sircos on the history of ballooning, published in 1876 by F. Roy, with illustrations by Albert Tissandier and a preface by F. Nadar. Includes picture of a balloon in flight and ea... More
Une expédition aérienne jeu instructif et amusant pour la jeunesse.
Gameboard shows a varied landscape and waterfront filled with 21 numbered balloons. Chart at right illustrates 17 different combinations of numbers on a pair of dice. Title from accompanying game instruction sh... More
Paris Exposition; view of Paris from arched balcony of Eiffel Tower, P...
This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France); Exhibitions France Paris 1880-1890; Tour Eiffel (Paris,... More
[Crowd of passengers wave from basket of ascending balloon]
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Maison tournante aérienne] / A. Robida.
Drawing shows a dwelling structure elevated above rooftops and designed to revolve and adjust in various directions. An occupant points to an airship with a fish-shaped bag in the sky lower right. One of the ar... More
B. Franklin of Philadelphia L.L.D. F.R.S. / M. Chamberlin pinxt. ; E. ...
Print shows Benjamin Franklin, three-quarter length portrait, seated at desk, looking to his right at an electrical device, in his left hand are papers upon which he is taking notes, and visible through a windo... More
Exposition universelle de 1889--Pavillon de l'industrie du gaz / ND Ph...
Gas industry pavilion, Paris Exposition of 1889. No. 761. Albert Tissandier Collection. Photograph possibly by Napoleon Dufeu.
[A lighter-than-air craft, consisting of one large balloon and four sm...
Drawing shows balloon carrying two men, possibly associated with French ballonist, Eugène Godard. "Eugène Godard" penned below image. Tissandier collection.
Disegno della seconda macchina rappresentante un luogo di delizia dove...
Print shows a device for creating firework displays. The machine's shape represents a place of delight in which was arranged the flight of an aerostatic balloon. The fireworks are part of the annual homage paid... More
[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston T...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
En ballon / dessiné par Nadar ; gravé par Hildibrand.
Series of twelve cartoons, each separately captioned, shows two men, Vagissel and Barnichon, who ride in a balloon to get a bird's-eye view of the ground below. However, after enduring extremes of weather and ... More
N.J. Conté. Obrist der Infanterie, Mitglied des Aegyptischen Instituts...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.
Expérience du globe aërostatique du MM. les freres Robert au Jardin de...
Print shows Anne-Jean and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, September 19, 1784, accompanied by Colin Hulin. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staf... More
Giuseppe Girolamo Lalande / Demarchi, dis. ; Bonini, inc.
Full-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande. Tissandier collection.
Etienne & Joseph Montgolfier, Tissandier Collection, France
Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Printed above portrait: MS C.L. no. 429. Tissandier collection.
Concours sur le meilleur moyen d'élever un ballon sans perte de gaz de...
Design drawing shows proposal by Louis Panafieu in which the operator in an open car attached to the balloon achieves lift without loss of gas in ballast by manipulating cords on underside of the balloon. Inclu... More
Rotundo [i.e. Rotunda] Gardens. Mr. Hampton's grand 77th ascent with h...
Broadside announcing an ascension and parachute jump from the Rotunda Gardens, Dublin, Ireland, by balloonist John Hampton. Includes a picture of his balloon "Erin-Go-Bragh." Tissandier collection.
Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre) / A. J. Lallemand, sculpt...
Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent and a crowd in the foreground gathered to celebrate a September fair in the Royal Gardens, Paris, France. Tissan... More
La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte re...
Technical illustration shows 14 figures with various designs for parachutes, including Blanchard's parachute, and several vessels with wings. "Invt. & constr. de Tollin" below fig. 11. Illus. from: L'aéronauti... More
[Balloon "Columba" flying with two passengers]
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'Espérance en traversant l'espace vous portera mes plus douces pensée...
Collecting card shows balloon "L'Espérance" flying over a landscape with two birds carrying a flower and a letter as passengers. Tissandier collection.
Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...
Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section, with balloon tethered in position Tissandier collection.
Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...
Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section. Tissandier collection.
Le lest / Ch. Gilbert Martin. - Drawing. Public domain image.
French cartoon shows Marianne (symbol of France) in a balloon labeled "R.F." in the colors of the French flag, jettisoning men from a bag as if they were ballast. Illus. from: Le Don Quichotte, 2ne année, no. ... More
A lʹhippodrome - l'equilibre dans l'air / Lefman, sc.
French caricature shows the balloonist Camille Dartois in a balloon labeled "Hippodrome" and Bradbury, a circus performer, standing while riding a horse at the Hippodrome, Paris. Illus. from: La grenouille, pr... More
[Tomb of Croce-Spinelli and Sivel (French scientists), killed in the c...
This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Croce-Spinelli, Joseph Eustache, 1845-1875; Sivel, Henri Theodore, 1834-1875... More
[Spectators watch the balloon "Le Monde" ascending over an open field]...
The same image is printed twice along a circular sheet with a scalloped edge, intended to be pasted together along one edge to form a decorative cone. Tissandier collection.
[Collecting cards depicting a story about a Chinese governor of "Bac-N...
Sheet of 11 uncut cards, individually numbered from 1 to 10. Sheet includes duplicate cards for no. 7. French captions on each card. Tissandier collection.
[Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower ...
Tissandier Collection. Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Eiffel tower, Tissandier Collection, France, Paris Exposition, 1889
This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Caption card tracings: Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France); Exhibitions France Paris 1880-1890; Tour Eiffel (Paris, ... More
A consultation previous to an aerial voyage from London to Weilburg in...
Group portrait with balloon in the background of (from left to right) W. Prideaux, J. Hollins, W. M. James, Robert Hollond, Charles Green, and Thomas Monck Mason. Hollond was a sponsor of the 500 mile flight ta... More
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...
Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More
[Departure of Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert's 'aerostatic glob...
Drawing shows Jacques Charles and Nicolas Marie-Noel Robert standing in their hydrogen-filled balloon waving flags, beginning their ascent from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, with the Versailles Palace in the ba... More
[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulder...
Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Embrâsement déplorable de la machine aërostatique des Srs. Miolan et J...
Print shows the balloon of Abbé Miolan and Janinet on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated for an ascension on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens in Paris. Abbé Miollan, as a cat, and Janinet, as ... More
Projet d'une traversée du pole Nord en ballon / Poyet.
Print at bottom of page shows a cross section of the basket beneath the balloon, "Le Sivel" during its expedition to the North Pole. Interior of cabin includes a central living area occupied by four men, an are... More
[View of journalist Joseph Crocé-Spinelli, naval officer Henri Sivel, ...
Newspaper clipping from French serial La Nature? Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Atelier de Mr. Lachambre fabricant de ballons de baudruche, aerostats,...
Drawing shows the interior of Henri Lachambre's balloon manufacturing facility, with balloon bags and maquettes of various sizes. Four women at the right sew balloon fabric. Tissandier collection.
Charles aux Thuillieries [i.e., Tuileries] le 1r decembre MDCCLXXXIII ...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist J.A.C. Charles, who made the first flight in a hydrogen balloon, Dec. 1, 1783. Includes balloon in background and large bird in foreground. Tissandier c... More
James Sadler, Esqr., first English aeronaut / drawn & engraved by B. T...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of English balloonist James Sadler. Tissandier collection.
Le ballon de Mr. Godard! - Public domain scenic drawing
Humorous drawing shows a woman pointing up in surprise at a cow and person apparently falling from a balloon associated with Godard's experiments with lighter-than-air flight. Another cow stands nearby. "Dièu d... More
Fearful balloon adventure-- saved by a Grimsby fishing smack A woman m...
Front page of British illustrated newspaper shows two stories. Above, a man and woman (possibly balloonist Jules Duruof and his wife) cling to a balloon basket in a stormy sea, with rescue boat approaching. Bel... More
François Blanchard / Bollinger, sc., engraving, Library of Congress
Half-length profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Tissandier collection.
Utilité particuliére, du vaisseau volant Divers utilités, du vaisseau ...
Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes. The left panel shows a man fleeing from his creditors, while the four vignettes to the right depict a clergyman, a... More
Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783
Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More
The English balloon and appendages in which Mr. Lunardi ascended into ...
Print shows the ascent of Vincent Lunardi from the Moorfields Artillery Grounds, London, September 15, 1784; Lunardi's first ascent and the first balloon ascent in England. He experimented with oars for navigat... More
Etienne et Joseph Montgolfier freres. Nes à Annonay en Vivarais. Inven...
Bust-length double profile portrait of the Montgolfier brothers, French ballonists. After the gold medal designed by Houdon. Printed below portrait: verse and Se vende chez F.M. Will à Augsbourg. Tissandier collection.
Il Capitano Vincenzo Lunardi, nato in Lucca li 3 gennajo 1759, che ese...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi. "Si vende da Luigi Maresculchi alla Stamperia di Musica nel Pallazzo nuovo che fa Cantone ai Gradoni di Chaija" printed below title. Tissandie... More
M. Bureau de Pusy. Né a Port sur Saône en 17[...], député du Baille d'...
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy. Tissandier collection.
L'Hirondelle. V. Triquet, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows the balloon "L'Hirondelle V. Triquet" flying with two men on board. Tissandier collection.
Vue brillante de l'aniversaire du 14 juillet 1801
Print shows a crowd viewing fireworks at a Bastille Day celebration in Paris, France. A balloon appears in the upper right corner. "du 25 Messidor de l'Ang. Feu d'arlifice tiré á l'etoile des Champs Elyseés, ... More
3ème et dernière expérience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garner...
Broadside announcing the final parachute jump at Champ-de-Mars, Paris, April 21, by Elisa Garnerin, who made many parachute descents between 1815 and 1836. Includes two pictures of parachutes. Tissandier collection.
Le prince de Ligne / H. Grevedon, 1825.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Prince de Ligne, who was on board the balloon "La Fresselle," Jan. 19, 1784, with Joseph Montgolfier and Pilâtre de Rozier. "D'aprés [...]aley inscribed below image. Tissandier ... More
Parachute renversè de Henin - Public domain book illustration
Print shows man standing in the basket of an ascending balloon which features an elaborate system of sails and a reversed parachute underneath the basket. "Page 178." Illustration from an unidentified book or p... More
Plateforme aérienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Char...
Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers. Includes plans of dirigible platform body and complete platform assembly, and identification key. Tissandier collection.
Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...
Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, ... More
Le blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique.
Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled "Au Governement de la defense nationale, projet en l'air infaillible pour bloquement de Paris" with a magnet near the enemy's cannon. The illustrator humorously predict... More
La Catastrophe de Ballon "L'Univers"
Wreckage of balloon gondola, showing dead and wounded occupants: Albert Tissandier, Col. Laussedat, Commandant Mangin, Captains Renard and Bidard, Lt. Bastoul, Eugene Godard and Thez. Wood engraving from a sket... More
Melle. de Montgolfier (Collection de M.A. Goupil) / Ingres, del ; héli...
Full-length portrait of Adélaide Montgolfier, seated on a wall with balloons in the background. Below image: Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Tissandier collection.
[Cures d'air dans la montagne] / A. Robida.
Drawing shows an airship "Cures d'air" supporting the "Pension Bellevue" for individuals requiring medical care and floating above a mountainous region. One of the artist's conceptions for his book on life in t... More
[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...
Sheet of 10 uncut cards; individually numbered and issued as "Collection 476", "1re série." Captions in French are printed on the verso of each card. Tissandier collection.
[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, seated at a desk in his study] ...
"Tissandier's workroom" inscribed on mount. Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! ...
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, on Monday, September 5th, 1842. Text also describes concerts and other activities taking p... More
Le tricolore, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows the French "Le Tricolore" balloon in the colors of the French flag with three passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and another man, standing in the basket during an ascension in Paris, June ... More
Grande ascensão, e descida em Guarda-Queda por Eugenio Robertson, hoje...
Portuguese broadside announcing an ascension by balloonist Eugene Robertson. Includes pictures of a balloon and parachutes. Tissandier collection.
Projet d'une traversée du pole Nord en ballon / Poyet.
Print at bottom of page shows a cross section of the basket beneath the balloon, "Le Sivel" during its expedition to the North Pole. Interior of cabin includes a central living area occupied by four men, an are... More
Elisa Garnerin, aeronaute / Jules Porreau, sc., 1854.
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist Elisa Garnerin. Library has two versions: printed in brown ink (no. 49) and black ink (no. 50). Tissandier collection.
Giovanni Luder fioro, asceso in aria per mezzo di un globo aereostatic...
Half-length portrait of Italian balloonist Giovanni Luder, standing in a ballon basket during an ascent over Florence, Italy. Tissandier collection.
[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.)...
Print shows André Jacques Garnerin, first man to descend in a parachute, standing in the gondola of his parachute waving a French flag after release from his balloon (shown at left). His balloon had ascended fr... More
Air-balloons / A. Bell, sculpt.
Book illustration shows five early balloon ascensions in France: two Montgolfier balloons (Fauxbourg St. Antoine and St. Germain); a 1784 balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard; and a Charles and Robert balloon being... More
La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs
Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight; spectators in foregrou... More
Baron du Pont Duchambon, elève du roi à l'École royale militaire de Pa...
Half-length portrait of Baron Du Pont Duchambon with balloon in background. Tissandier collection.
Vista del globo areostatico que se hechò la tarde 12 de agosto. de 179...
Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from Buon Retiro gardens, Madrid, August 12, 1792; the first balloon ascension in Spain. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Ti... More
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, fermier général. Né a Paris le 16 aout 1743...
Head-and-shoulders portrait of French chemist, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. Vignette below portrait depicts his arrest and conviction in 1794 for being a member of the Farmer's General, a private company that col... More
Surry [sic] Zoological Gardens - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows pond and people walking at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, London, England, with a balloon ascending in the distance. Print commemorates the 17th anniversary of the birth of Princess Victoria, May 24... More
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile fete, next Wednesday, 21st ...
Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?. Includes a list of the events and scheduled performances, including the release of the balloon "Fat Boy." "A great personag... More
[Portraits of three balloonists Ippolito Caffi, Francesco Arban, and G...
Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...
Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More
[Model of a statue dedicated to French balloonists, Joseph and Etienne...
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Espérons que ce ballon d'essai ne deviendra pas un ballon captif / A. ...
Cartoon shows a hot air balloon labeled "Suffrage Universel" with wings floating above the Pyrenees and headed toward a sign labeled "Espagne". Illus. from: Actualités, no. 248. Tissandier collection.
[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir Georg...
Illus. from: "Memoire sur la vol artificiel," by George Cayley, in Société aérostatique et météorologique de France, bull. no. 4, 1853, pl. 1. Title devised by library staff. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1... More
Sic itur ad astra. Rodolfo Afflitto da Montefiascone, un ciccio ad inc...
Italian cartoon shows a man sitting on an upside-down balloon labeled "Prefettura di Napoli," using the balloon basket as a parachute. Illus. from an unidentified periodical. Tissandier collection.
Sauvetage du ballon "Le Tricolore" Monté par Monsieur et Madame Duruof...
Print shows Jules Duruof and his wife being rescued at sea from the sinking basket of their balloon "Le Tricolore" which lost altitude over the North Sea off the coast of England. Two fishermen help Mrs. Duruof... More
Ascension de Madame Garnerin, le 28 mars 1802
French fashion magazine caricature shows fashionably dressed spectators watching Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin fly in a balloon. A few years earlier, Garnerin had been the first woman to ascend in a balloon without... More
Les auteurs de la belle Bourbonnaise / G. LaFosse.
French caricature shows two men in a balloon basket shaped like a tri-corner hat attached to a balloon with the face of a man (possibly Italian statesman Francesco Crispi) labeled "La belle Bourbonnaise" for an... More
[Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - Birds-eye view of Ball...
This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron.
Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].
Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.
Grand ballon captif à vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878
Machinery for hauling the balloon in. This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection.
Grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr. Henry Giffard, Cour des Tuileries ...
Admission ticket to the ascent of Henri Giffard's captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris in 1879. Includes picture of a balloon within a bird's-eye view of Paris. Tissandier collection.