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![[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons "Zenith" and "Jean Bart" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWZyZW5jaC1iYWxsb29uaXN0cy1hbGJlcnQtdGlzc2FuZGllci1sZWZ0LWFuZC1kNWYxYjktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/461/jpg "[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons \"Zenith\" and \"Jean Bart\" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.")
![[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons "Zenith" and "Jean Bart" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTMvaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LW9mLWZyZW5jaC1iYWxsb29uaXN0cy1hbGJlcnQtdGlzc2FuZGllci1sZWZ0LWFuZC00MzBhYjYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonists Albert Tissandier (left) and Gaston Tissandier (right) inside an oval, with vignettes above of balloons \"Zenith\" and \"Jean Bart\" and an airship below] / Boulard, fils.")
![[Portraits of three balloonists Ippolito Caffi, Francesco Arban, and G. Seiffard, with a small view of them in an ascending balloon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLXRocmVlLWJhbGxvb25pc3RzLWlwcG9saXRvLWNhZmZpLWZyYW5jZXNjby1hcmJhbi1hbmQtZy1zZWlmZmFyZC02MjViNjQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Portraits of three balloonists Ippolito Caffi, Francesco Arban, and G. Seiffard, with a small view of them in an ascending balloon]")
![[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, blowing hydrogen gas into a flame]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvamVhbi1mcmFuY29pcy1waWxhdHJlLWRlLXJvemllci1mcmVuY2gtYmFsbG9vbmlzdC1oZWFkLWFuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmY2YmFmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait, blowing hydrogen gas into a flame]")
![[Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Gaston Tissandier] / Adrien Marie à Gaston Tissandier souvenir de notre ascension du 3 aôut 1887.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTgvc2l4dGVlbi12aWduZXR0ZXMtZnJvbS10aGUtbGl2ZXMtb2YtZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3RzLWFsYmVydC1hbmQtZ2FzdG9uLXRpc3NhbmRpZXItZTcyZDc1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "[Sixteen vignettes from the lives of French balloonists, Albert and Gaston Tissandier] / Adrien Marie à Gaston Tissandier souvenir de notre ascension du 3 aôut 1887.")
![[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H. Thiriat, s.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvZ2FzdG9uLXRpc3NhbmRpZXItZnJlbmNoLWJhbGxvb25pc3QtYnVzdC1sZW5ndGgtb3ZhbC1wb3J0cmFpdC1oLXRoaXJpYXQtcy04NmM3NmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, bust-length oval portrait] / H. Thiriat, s.")
