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
Prêtez vos billets de banque à la France. Prenez des bons de la défens...
A French soldier's helmet crowned with holly. Underneath it are bank notes. Translation of title: Lend your bank notes to France. Take war bonds. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, ... More
Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...
Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)
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
Vue du pensionnat des frères des écoles chrétiennes de Dijon, Côte-d'O...
Christian Brothers school complex, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France, bird's-eye view perspective rendering. Stamp: Les Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes de Dijon. Inscribed: Le prof. Fre. Raynnie. Item conserved and/or re... More
La pensée s'élève, le souvenir demeure
Collecting card shows balloon flying over a bridge and waterway as letters fall from the balloon basket to birds on ground below. Tissandier collection.
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.
Fête du 14 juillet an IX vue du temple eleve dans le grand carré des C...
Print shows a celebration on the Champs Elyseés in Paris, France, on Bastille Day, July 14, 1801. Includes spectators watching a balloon ascension. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)
The following extracts from the proceedings of the Committee of observ...
Evans 14318. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 107, Folder 19a.
[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency George E. Lounsbury Gov...
Thanksgiving proclamation. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 10,... More
The following extracts from the proceedings of the Committee of observ...
Evans 14318. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 107, Folder 19a.