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Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur mac...

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. "Sic itur ad astra" wr... More

Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est repres...

Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles o... More

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & Un...

American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled "California mail balloon via Nicaragua," with discuss... More

Cremorne Gardens ... Grand Victoria fete in honour of the Inauguration...

Broadside announcing an inaugural festival for the Exhibition of All Nations, London, England, 1851. Includes a picture of the balloon "Erin-go-Bragh" to publicize an ascent by balloonist John Hampton during th... More

L'Aigle et la Colombe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card shows boy wearing a crown sitting outside with a girl in a white dress. A balloon flies in the distance. Text below title: Notre aigle donc, lassè des cieux. Descend sur un rocher, près de lui vient se re... More

Pigeons loncés hors la nacelle / A. Tissandier.

Drawing shows two pigeons thrown from balloon during James Glaisher's test flight reaching 37,000 feet over Wolverhampton, England, Sept. 5, 1862. One pigeon is flying and the other is dead and falling. Publish... More

La ville de Calais / J. Duruof, Pau, 4 février 1875 ; lith. Veronese, ...

Print shows the French balloon "La Ville de Calais" with several passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and two or three others, standing in the basket. Scale: Echelle de 25 mill. pour 1 mêtre 1/40. Prin... More

[Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending balloon a...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I volatori. Les messieurs qui volent

Italian political cartoon shows a large balloon ("Politica") in the shape of a man ready to gobble up the moon ("Oriente") defended by a man ("Turco") holding a fork. Other armed men representing the nations of... More

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards, individually captioned and numbered; issued as "Collection 476," "2ème série." French captions on each card. Tissandier collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasure... More

The army balloon at rest, (Prof. Lowe's) opposite Fredericksburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.69) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More

Le ballon de Lyon, nommé le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102...

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

Le moment d'hilarité universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Ro...

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. Inset view shows propo... More

Francisco Pisauro equiti, ac D. Marci procuratori accademiarum Venete ...

Print commemorates Francesco Pisauro, knight and procurator of St. Mark, who made the first public trial in Venice of an aerostatic sphere. The three etchings show an angel blowing a horn and holding a crowned ... More

Descente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert

Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783. Printed text below image: Extrai... More

[Inflated balloon with filling apparatus attached to barrels of gas]

La patrie est en danger / F. d'Orléans, j[ui]n 1830.

French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l'Assemblée (the French revolutionary gove... More

By permission and under the patronage of the worshipful the mayor ... ...

Broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Richard Gypson from the Gas Works, Daventry, England, 1840. Includes a picture of a balloon in flight. Tissandier collection.

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes open on an axis exten... More

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes in open position exte... More

Voyage a la lune - Drawing. Public domain image.

French cartoon shows a man riding on a bicycle-like flying machine while looking through a telescope attached to the front. Two balloons, "Veloc[ipedes]" and "Domanie," are attached at front and rear as are pro... More

Projet dʹenceinte economique pour gonflement dʹaerostat disposée dans ...

Scaled design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section.

[Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'opinion / lith Van Geleyn. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

Humorous print shows a theatrical performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labeled "L'opinion," as a man leaps from the basket and a woman clings to a rope below the basket. Band members and another... More

From our balloon - Public domain dedication image

A scholarly man flies in a balloon. He holds a quill pen in hand, as he looks toward the ground through a telescope. His cargo includes a row of books and an owl, perched on the edge of the basket. Copyright ... More

[Fair Oaks, Virginia Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Young woman putting flowers on statue of Cupid looks over her shoulde...

Accompanied by letter clipped from a book and note by Paul Tissandier. Tissandier collection.

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bi...

B217635(?) U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Chas. H. Kabrich. Created by "The Donaldson Litho. Co., Cin'ti, O." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Professor Lowe in his balloon - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Professor Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid" while soldiers in camp hold the balloon's ropes in Fair Oaks, Virginia. No. 2348. Part of series: The War for the ... More

Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st / G. Webb, sc., 3 Snow Hill.

Poster shows balloonist Charles Green on horseback suspended from an ascending balloon to advertise balloon ascensions in Vauxhall Gardens, London.

[Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith's...

Possibly drawn by Albert Tissandier. Title and date devised by Library staff, based on illustrations in Histoire de mes ascensions ... / par Gaston Tissandier. Paris : M. Dreyfous, 1878. Tissandier collection. ... More

Arènes du sport aéronautique sous la direction de Eugène Godard ainé i...

Lithograph mounted on letterpress poster. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

Le ballon de Mr. Godard! - Public domain 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

Experience de la machine areostatique

Vue d'optique shows the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, "The Globe," ascending from Champ de Mars, Paris, France, August 27, 1783. Caption (French): Experience de la machine aréostatique de Mrs. de Montgolfier d... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

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; inset map shows locati... More

[Woman stands in the basket of a balloon holding flags]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Figure exacte et proportions, du globe aërostatique, qui, le premier, ...

Print shows elaborately decorated balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes in ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (Source: A... More

[Three men in basket of ascending balloon with flag attached]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Balloon with open frame wood or metal basket and attached propellers]

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fête de pantin, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows a balloon with mechanism attached to the bottom of the basket, possibly an elaborate fireworks display. Tissandier collection.

Locomotion atmospherique, système d'Helle, ingénieur-mécanicien

Broadside announcing a navigable balloon design invented by M. d'Helle. Includes a picture of d'Helle's propeller-powered balloon. Tissandier collection.

Le pilote, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows two men standing in basket of balloon, "Le Pilote". Tissandier collection.

Francesco Arban di Lione, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban, commemorating his twelfth flight. Includes items related to his work: a gas bag and netting, a telescope, barrels of gas, and a balloon ascendi... More

Le globe volant. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows a man navigating a balloon with an attached oar and rudder while seated in the basket. "Page 164." Illus. from an unidentified book or periodical. Tissandier collection.

Le diamant de bluze est une nouvelle découverte qui vient de jeter une...

Advertisement for a Paris jewelry store depicting a man sitting in a ring tied to a balloon labeled "Palais des diamants." Tissandier collection.

Paillettes de glace eclairées par les rayons du soleil observées en ba...

Print shows the balloon "Zenith" piloted by Gaston and Albert Tissandier on an expedition to observe upper air meteorological conditions ascending into the clouds amid rays of sunlight. "Fig. 3." Illus. from an... More

[Stationery illustrated with a stalk of wheat wrapped in a banner mark...

"A Monsieur Gaston Tissandier, respectueuse hommages, Maurice Mallet" inscribed on sheet. Tissandier collection.

Formule pour connaître la pression du vent sur la surface d'un ballon ...

Scaled diagram shows inventor Annibal Ardisson's formula for determining how the pressure of the wind on the surface of the balloon determines the force and speed required to achieve balloon flight. (Source: A.... More

Accident: Paulhan at Reims - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Did they think it was a dirigible? / Keppler.

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan and Samuel Gompers, looking worried, in a hot air balloon labeled "Labor Vote" caught in an electrical storm with lightning labeled "Revolt" and driven by winds to an u... More

Nadar / And. Gill., Nadar Collection 1850-1910

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar, standing next to his camera and holding a quill pen in right hand. A balloon hovers in the background. Illus. in: Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, no. 8, 1st no... 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

A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / / Earle.

Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled "Royal Hippodrom[e]" to advertise a public ascent at Batty's Grand National Hippodrome in London, Eng... More

Up and going, Excelsior ginger ale...

Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elevazione aereobatica eseguita da Francesco Orlandi in Bologna nei pu...

Drawing shows balloon associated with Francesco Orlandi, who flew throughout Italy. There is a parachute below the bag and propellers on either side of the basket with ballonist inside.

Ou présente à signer un procès verbal aux curés celui qui ligne a des ...

Drawing shows Professor J.A.C. Charles reascending in balloon from the Nesle plain, France, on December 1, 1783, where he had landed shortly before, accompanied by Marie Noel Robert in a two hour journey from P... 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

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.

[Aerial balloon performance with tents and audience below]

Bella C. Landauer collection. Appears to be one sheet from a larger poster. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

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

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.

Grand balloon ascension! Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Saturday, July 22d,...

Caption continues: The Committee would respectfully announce ... Professor Jno. A. Light, the world renowned and successful Aeronaut ... will make a grand ascension from the Borough of Huntingdon ... in his vet... More

Henri Lachambre, aéronaute-constructeur breveté, Paris. 24, Passage de...

Advertisement for aeronaut and balloon manufacturer Henri Lachambre shows a balloon "H. Lachambre" with two passengers floating through a scene of animals, circus performers, and toy balloons.

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

Liste de ballons sortis de Paris pendant le siège 1870-1871

Broadside shows balloon events during the Siege of Paris, 1870-71. Includes a list of balloons that left Paris with categories for balloon name, size, owner, balloonist, and number of pasengers and pigeons on b... 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

[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.

Vauxhall. Mr. Green, Wednesday, July 31st / G. Webb, sc., 3 Snow Hill.

Poster shows balloonist Charles Green on horseback suspended from an ascending balloon to advertise balloon ascensions in Vauxhall Gardens, London.

Elevazione aereobatica eseguita da Francesco Orlandi in Bologna nei pu...

Drawing shows balloon associated with Francesco Orlandi, who flew throughout Italy. There is a parachute below the bag and propellers on either side of the basket with ballonist inside.

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

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

L'Hirondelle. V. Triquet, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the balloon "L'Hirondelle V. Triquet" flying with two men on board. Tissandier collection.

Vista del globo aereostatico que se hechò ante sus magesta des y su re...

Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi ascending from the Royal Palace, Madrid, January 8, 1793 with royal coat-of-arms hanging from the gondola; Lunardi's second balloon ascension in Spain. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC st... 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

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

[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.

Another explosion at hand / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, using the hot-air from his "speeches", to inflate a large balloon labeled "Imperialism", of President McKinley dressed as the "Emperor of USA", holding a sceptor in on... More

Wellman Lifeboat from "Trent" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending with him and Captain P...

Print shows James Sadler and Captain Paget of the British Royal Navy ascending in a balloon decorated in honor of the Prince Regent's birthday, from the Mermaid Tavern gardens, Hackney, London, August 12, 1811.... 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

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... 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.

A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / / Earle.

Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled "Royal Hippodrom[e]" to advertise a public ascent at Batty's Grand National Hippodrome in London, Eng... 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

Aeronautics / drawn by Joseph Clement ; engraved by A.W. Warren & J. D...

Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ba... More

Mr. Blanchard accompagné de Mr. Gefferies est parti ... entre Calais e...

Print shows Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Dollfus 40; Gibbs-Smith... More

Grandes fêtes aérostatiques le mardi 14 juillet 1868 gayant sʹélevant ...

Balloon on left identified as "Le Jupiter". Hand-colored lithograph mounted on letterpress poster. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

Fowls of a feather flock together / K., fecit, 1785.

Scottish cartoon shows a group of men conversing as balloons sail overhead. Possibly Scottish balloonist James Tytler and Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi.

L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...

French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More

Fête donner à la grande duchesse Hélène de russie par W.R. Chateaubria...

Drawing shows a crowd gathered around a balloon on the ground at the festivities prepared by Ambassador W.R. Chateaubriant in honor of the Grand Duchess of Russia in Rome, 1830. A second balloon is in sky at up... More

[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachut...

"Pl. I" from unidentified publication. Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tableau des services postaux aériens. Offert gracieusement par l'"Indi...

Text-only broadside describes air mail postal services provided by balloon. Tissandier collection.

Le ballon "Le Géant" aux environs de Nimbourg (accident du 19 octobre)...

Periodical illustration shows Felix Nadar's balloon, "Le Geant" over a rural area in its second and final flight in 1863. High winds force the balloon to the ground, dragging the basket dangerously close to an ... More

Départ du Marquis de le Guillois / A. Bonnard.

French caricature shows the "Marquis de le Guillois," possibly the publisher or editor of "Le hanneton," departing in a balloon and dropping an envelope sealed with a cockchafer or maybug ("le hanneton"). Among... More