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Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratroo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

To his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holding th prepondrence of power; or, Bounaparte's threat, is most humbly inscribed, by E. Sanders, British Cartoon Print

To his royal highness Fredrick Duke of York, this plate of Satan holdi...

Print shows Satan holding a balance to which, on one end is attached a hot-air balloon with a bishop, possibly the Duke of York, and another man standing on top, its lightness has skewed the balance to end over... More

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wants to land. He's learning to make the kind of a landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute ...

Public domain photograph - Georgia folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La locomotion aérienne passive. Principes de la nature sur la chûte reelle des corps, opposé aux lois scientifiques / / lith. Schmid.

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

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

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

U.S. paratroopers inspecting each others' parachutes before taking off on maneuvers somewhere in England. Note the camouflaged helmets

U.S. paratroopers inspecting each others' parachutes before taking off...

Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parachute renversè de Henin - Public domain book illustration

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

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute descent - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Grande ascensão, e descida em Guarda-Queda por Eugenio Robertson, hoje domingo 12 de dezembro ...

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.

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

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

The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the late Mons. Le Tur ascended from Cremorne Gardens ... will be exhibited in the large room of the above house on Monday next, the 28th, August, 1854 ...

The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the ...

Text-only broadside announcing an exhibit of a parachute model at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1854. The model replicates the parachute used by French aeronaut François Letur during his fatal parachute de... More

[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich.

[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

[Technical illustration shows four stages of André Garnerin's parachute: apparatus for inflating a balloon with hydrogen, a balloon in flight, parachute attached to ascending balloon, and parachute deployed in descent] / Fauchery, del. et sc.

[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

World's Fair. Life Savers parachute tower

World's Fair. Life Savers parachute tower

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large international exposition held in New York City, Uni... More

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker is making parachutes for America's paratroopers. She is one of many Negro employees in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. In a sea of silk, this woman worker...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Expérience du parachûte. Le 1er Brumaire an 6 (22 octobre 1797. v.f.) à 5h. 28m. du soir, le citoyen Garnerin, s'éleva à ballon perdu au parc de Monceau ...] / Dietrich.

[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

Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin

Parachute par Mr. A.J. Garnerin

Technical illustration shows a man, possibly André Jacques Garnerin, standing in the basket of a descending parachute. "Fig. 10" from an unidentified publication. Tissandier collection.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. Student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia, who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago, is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. Student paratroope...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wnats to land. He's learning to make the kind of a landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come, riding a chute ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratroo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen use lend-lease sewing machines in the manufacture of parachutes

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen us...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1797

Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1...

Painting shows descent of Garnerin in a basket attached to a parachute from about 1000 meters while the unmanned balloon falls to the ground. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Exhibited:... More

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

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

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

Pain's human bomb ... the master aeronaut, Louis Stevens, who descends by parachute

Pain's human bomb ... the master aeronaut, Louis Stevens, who descends...

At head of title: This climax wonder's certain date now is Sat. Sept. 28, at high noon, on the exposition grounds. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. This record contains unverified, old d... More

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Worth, Texas. Meacham Field. Students learning operation of parachute

Fort Worth, Texas. Meacham Field. Students learning operation of parac...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the late Mons. Le Tur ascended from Cremorne Gardens ... will be exhibited in the large room of the above house on Monday next, the 28th, August, 1854 ...

The splendid model of the parachute or flying machine, with which the ...

Text-only broadside announcing an exhibit of a parachute model at Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, London, 1854. The model replicates the parachute used by French aeronaut François Letur during his fatal parachute de... More

Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Vert, ingénieur-mécanicien ... / Paris, Camille Vert, rue de la Pépinière, 86.

Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Ve...

Broadside announcing the exhibit at the Palais de l'industrie, séances expérimentales in Paris of a fish-shaped, steam-powered airship designed by Camille Vert. Features design drawing of the airship, equipped ... More

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big clear space and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved paratrooper style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big, clear space and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved paratrooper style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Homo volans. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows a man, wearing a large square-framed parachute, safely parachuting next to a building, presumably from which he has jumped off. Illus. in: Machinæ novæ. Venetiis : [1615?]. Published in: The tradit... More

[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six balloons and parachutes, a deck, superstructure, and basket below]

[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

Priorities unemployment. No more silk....The embargo on imports from Japan meant no more silk stockings, clothing, other non-defense articles. The Office of Production Management (OPM) reserved existing silk supplies for parachutes, for powder bags for defense under the government's system for priorities

Priorities unemployment. No more silk....The embargo on imports from J...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under contol would do credit to an old timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would be credit to an oldtimer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to students. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to students. Meacham Fiel...

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

United States "Lend-lease" program in eastern India. American-made sewing machines, supplied under lend-lease, enable Indian workmen to turn out parachutes for their own army

United States "Lend-lease" program in eastern India. American-made sew...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Inspecting parachutes at the 35th service squadron of the 25th service group

Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Inspecting parachutes...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]

[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc...

Three technical illustrations show "Calotte du parachute" (crown of deployed parachute); "Parachute ployé, à l'instant du départe" (release from ascending balloon); and "Parachute déployé, à l'instant de la sép... More

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute like an oldtimer. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has wind currents to think about, and he has his mind on the spot where he wants to land. He's learning to make the kind of landfall he wants

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Look at that boy come riding a chute l...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratroo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia is about to land in a big, clear space, and he's all set to take the ground in the most approved style

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Good work! A student paratrooper at Fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen turn out parachutes for their own Army. Lend-lease sewing machines have enabled this factory to expand its production enormously

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Indian workmen tu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together into flare parachutes, a task which requires just as much care and skill as does working on parachutes that will bear men. Pioneer Parachute Company, Manchester, Connecticut

Production. Parachute making. These women sew yards of silk together i...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. paratroopers checking their parachutes before taking off on maneuvers somewhere in England

U.S. paratroopers checking their parachutes before taking off on maneu...

Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may write history in this new field of modern warfare, these women workers in the aircraft factory of an Eastern navy yard are turning miles of silk into parachutes for our armed forces

Manpower. Negro navy yard workers. So that America's paratroopers may ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chas. H. Kabrich, the only bike-chute aeronaut novel and thrilling, bicycle parachute act in mid-air.

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)

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Here he comes. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia has bailed out of a plane at just the point he figures will let him land at his objective. Just wait a while. He'll be seeing you

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Here he comes. A student paratrooper a...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. This 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. This 5B spinning machine in t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Marine parachuting at Parris Island, S.C.

Marine parachuting at Parris Island, S.C.

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia who bailed out of a plane a few minutes ago is about ready to take the ground and perform the little chore of getting his chute under control

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Ready to make port. A student paratroo...

Public domain image of print or drawing, symbolism or allegory, depicting saint, winged creature, Icarus, flying angel, religious figure, flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A 5B spinning machine in the plant of an Eastern parachute manufacturer. This is the latest type doubling and twisting machine. It makes shroud lines for parachutes

Production. Parachute cloth and shrouds. A 5B spinning machine in the ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Paratroopers, supported by ground forces, landing on Corregidor in the combined assault launched on Feb. 16, 1945

Paratroopers, supported by ground forces, landing on Corregidor in the...

Photograph from Press Association, Inc. From the collections of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He's one of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia, but the way he's getting his chute under control would do credit to an old-timer. A few minutes ago this man bailed out of a high-speed plane at a point calculated to bring him to the spot where he is landing. Good work, soldier

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. Picture of a man doing a good job. He'...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parachutes of pursuit squadron. Lake Muroc, California

Parachutes of pursuit squadron. Lake Muroc, California

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Red Cross Day in London. One of the most popular features of the day set apart for the big annual drive by the British RC, was a "Camouflage Fair" in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background. Here are seen the "Parachute Girls," a booth presided over by women who work in a big parachute factory and who spent the day sending out little parachutes into the crowd, the parachutes carrying little bundles of blanks for subscriptions

Red Cross Day in London. One of the most popular features of the day s...

Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Red Cross Drive. Eng. Data: Southern Potomac S.W. Mt. N.W. Pacific New England Gulf Central Pa. Northern Divisions. 1918. Gift; American Nati... More

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. An Indian workmen uses an American Elgi cutting machine in a parachute factory in India. These machines, as well as others used in the manufacture of parachutes, are supplied under lend-lease

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. An Indian workmen...

Annotation on negative and/or original negative jacket. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washing... More

Grande ascensão, e descida em Guarda-Queda por Eugenio Robertson, hoje domingo 12 de dezembro ...

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.

Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1797

Premier descente en parachute ... Jacques Garnerin ... le 22 Octobre 1...

Painting shows descent of Garnerin in a basket attached to a parachute from about 1000 meters while the unmanned balloon falls to the ground. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Exhibited:... More

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. He's a landsman again. One of Uncle Sam's student paratroopers at Fort Benning, Georgia unbuckles his chute gear after a trip that would have done credit to one of the oldtimers

Fort Benning. Parachute troops. He's a landsman again. One of Uncle Sa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parachute saving instruments - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Parachute saving instruments - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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