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.
![This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lunardi's ascension, price three shillings](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvdGhpcy10aWNrZXQtd2lsbC1hZG1pdC1vbmUtcGVyc29uLWludG8tdGhlLW9uLXRoZS1kYXktb2YtbXItbHVuYXJkaXMtYXNjZW5zaW9uLTYzZDA5Zi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lunardi's ascension, price three shillings")
This ticket will admit one person into the [...] on the day of Mr. Lun...
Admission ticket to one of Vincent Lunardi early balloon ascensions, probably from London, England. Includes a picture of a balloon. Tissandier collection.
Machine aérostatique de 70 pieds de hauteur sur 46 de diametre, qui s'...
Illustration shows the ornate balloon used by Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Girond de Villete in a captive balloon ascent from Paris, October 19, 1783, reaching an altitude of 330 feet for nine minutes. (... 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
![[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 1783]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvcHJvcG9zZWQtZGVzaWduLWZvci1iYWxsb29uLXV0aWxpemluZy1zYWlscy1mb3ItcHJvcHVsc2lvbi1wYXJpcy0xNzgzLTEzOWVkMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 1783]")
[Proposed design for balloon utilizing sails for propulsion, Paris, 17...
Design drawing shows two men in basket steering balloon by manipulation of a sail. A ladder connects the balloon to a parachute-style apparatus intended for safe descent where a third man handles the connection... 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. (... More
![[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODMvMDEvMDEvMXN0LWh1bWFuLWJhbGxvb24tYXNjZW5zaW9uLWJhbGxvb24td2l0aC1waWxhdHJlLWRlLXJvemllci1hbmQtbWFycXVpcy1kYXJsYW5kZXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes above Paris. Nov. 1783]")
[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marqu...
Engraving by N. de Launay, drawn by Chev. de Lorimier. Illus. in: Faujas, Descriptien de la Machine, 1783, vol. 2, frontis. Reference copy may be in LOT 4700A. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More
![Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvZXhwZXJpZW5jZS1hZXJvc3RhdGlxdWUtZmFpdGUtdmVyc2FpbGxlcy1sZS0xOS1zZXB0LTE3ODMtODBlZDRmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/30/webp "Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783")
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
![[Woman stands in the basket of a balloon holding flags]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvd29tYW4tc3RhbmRzLWluLXRoZS1iYXNrZXQtb2YtYS1iYWxsb29uLWhvbGRpbmctZmxhZ3MtOGJlMTYyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/56/webp "[Woman stands in the basket of a balloon holding flags]")
[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
Premier voyage aërien en présence de Mr. le Dauphin / dessine par le C...
Print shows a Montgolfier-style balloon in flight over Paris, France. Remarque shows a balloon in flight surrounded by clouds.
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
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
Nouvelle forme de globe aërostatique. Au centre duquel est adapté pour...
Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air. Tissandier collection.
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
Portrait d'après nature de quatre phisiciens celebres volants sans bal...
French cartoon shows Abbé Miollan as a cat and Janinet with bag of money(?) over his shoulder beating a hasty retreat after the failure of their balloon ascension attempt on July 11, 1784 enraged the crowd of s... More
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
Troisieme voyage aërien, expérience faite à Lion le 19 Janvier 1784, s...
Print shows the balloon "Le Flesselles," constructed by Joseph Montgolfier, ascending over the Rhone River and the city of Lyons, January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Pil... More
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
![[Marquis de Brantco (Vanclure), who was involved in a balloon ascension on April 4, 1784, profile portrait] / en aou[...] 1790, [...]ss. p. Fouquet ; gr. p. Chrétien, inv. du physionotrace, Cloitre St. Honoré à Paris.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvbWFycXVpcy1kZS1icmFudGNvLXZhbmNsdXJlLXdoby13YXMtaW52b2x2ZWQtaW4tYS1iYWxsb29uLWFzY2Vuc2lvbi1vbi1hcHJpbC00NzQwOTAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[Marquis de Brantco (Vanclure), who was involved in a balloon ascension on April 4, 1784, profile portrait] / en aou[...] 1790, [...]ss. p. Fouquet ; gr. p. Chrétien, inv. du physionotrace, Cloitre St. Honoré à Paris.")
[Marquis de Brantco (Vanclure), who was involved in a balloon ascensio...
"Son tableau est fidel et vrai comme lui" printed below portrait. Tissandier collection.
Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended wit...
Half-length portrait of the first English woman to ride in a balloon.
Le veritable navigateur aerien / L.J. Stoupy Bijou, invenit et delinea...
Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars, and two polygonal vanes to control the rise ... More
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
![[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my forty-fifth ascension..., showing a balloon with a man holding an American flag]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvdGl0bGUtcGFnZS1hbmQtZnJvbnRpc3BpZWNlLXRvLWplYW4tcGllcnJlLWJsYW5jaGFyZHMtam91cm5hbC1vZi1teS1mb3J0eS1maWZ0aC1lNGZmNzktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my forty-fifth ascension..., showing a balloon with a man holding an American flag]")
[Title page and frontispiece to Jean-Pierre Blanchard's Journal of my ...
Illus. in: Journal of my forty-fifth ascension : being the first performed in America, on the ninth of January, 1793. Philadelphia : Printed by Charles Cist ..., 1793. Title page and frontispiece. Published in... More
![[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by propellers with an inflation device in the foreground] / G. Meloni disegnò e inv.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvc3BlY3RhdG9ycy1pbi1hbi1hcmVuYS12aWV3aW5nLXRoZS1hc2NlbnNpb24tb2YtYS1iYWxsb29uLWRyaXZlbi1ieS1wcm9wZWxsZXJzLTdhZThkNi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by propellers with an inflation device in the foreground] / G. Meloni disegnò e inv.")
[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by p...
Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'Hirondelle. V. Triquet, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows the balloon "L'Hirondelle V. Triquet" flying with two men on board. Tissandier collection.
![[Three men in basket of ascending balloon with flag attached]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtbWVuLWluLWJhc2tldC1vZi1hc2NlbmRpbmctYmFsbG9vbi13aXRoLWZsYWctYXR0YWNoZWQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "[Three men in basket of ascending balloon with flag attached]")
[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.
Société d'expériences aérostatiques Direction 24 rue Maubeuge, Paris.
Advertisement showing a balloon with several persons standing in the basket, one climbing the ropes just above the basket. Tricolor banners hanging from the balloon announce the "Société d'expériences aerostati... More
L'Union, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows the balloon "L'Union" flying with four men on board. Tissandier collection.
![[Le premier parachute de Jacques Garnerin, essayé par lui-même au parc de Mousseaux, le 22 octobre 1797]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvbGUtcHJlbWllci1wYXJhY2h1dGUtZGUtamFjcXVlcy1nYXJuZXJpbi1lc3NheWUtcGFyLWx1aS1tZW1lLWF1LXBhcmMtZGUtbW91c3NlYXV4LWFmNDRiYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/42/webp "[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
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.)
![[Balloon with open frame wood or metal basket and attached propellers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYmFsbG9vbi13aXRoLW9wZW4tZnJhbWUtd29vZC1vci1tZXRhbC1iYXNrZXQtYW5kLWF0dGFjaGVkLXByb3BlbGxlcnMtMTBhYTk1LTEwMjQuanBn/40/67/webp "[Balloon with open frame wood or metal basket and attached propellers]")
[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.
![[Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below] / M.G.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN5c3RlbS10by1yYWlzZS1hbmQtbG93ZXItYS1jYXB0aXZlLWJhbGxvb24tY29udHJvbGxlZC1ieS0zYmFlMDYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, controlled by four ropes forming a pyramidal shape and operated by winches on the ground below] / M.G.")
[Design drawing for system to raise and lower a captive balloon, contr...
(Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six balloons and parachutes, a deck, superstructure, and basket below]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLWEtbmF2aWdhdGlvbmFsLXN5c3RlbS1mb3ItYW4tYWlyc2hpcC1lbXBsb3lpbmctc2l4LWJhbGxvb25zLTFlNzBkOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[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
Aquarius, Piscis Australis & Ballon Aerostatique / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.
Astronomical chart showing a male figure holding an inverted bowl from which water flows, at his feet appears the back of a fish and a balloon forming the constellations. Illus. in: Urania's mirror, 1825, pl. 2... More
Elevazione aereobatica eseguita da Francezco Orlandi in Bologna nei pu...
Print shows the balloon of Francesco Orlandi ascending over the public gardens of Bologna, Italy, November 6, 1828. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.
4 Polkas - San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm
Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
The new London bridge, as it appeared on Monday, August 1st, 1831, at ...
Print shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending over New London Bridge on the occasion of its opening, August 31, 1831, witnessed by William IV, King of Great Britain. (Source... More
Seconde et dernière ascension du ballon Monstre, construit et dirigé p...
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green, in his balloon "Monstre," January 9th, 1837, at the Caserne, rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière, Paris. Tissandier collection.
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Grand day and evening fete, next Tuesday, Aug...
Broadside announcing Charles Green's ascension in the balloon "Nassau" from Vauxhall Gardens, London. Includes a picture of passengers in a balloon basket. At head of title: Under the direct patronage of Her Ma... More
Night ascent. Royal Standard Tavern, pleasure grounds & tea gardens .....
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at night by Richard Gypson from the Royal Standard Tavern, England, on June 3, 1839. In addition, "Mr. Blanchard, a descendant of the celebrated Mons. Blanchar... 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.
Le pilote, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows two men standing in basket of balloon, "Le Pilote". Tissandier collection.
![[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/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvcG9ydHJhaXRzLW9mLXRocmVlLWJhbGxvb25pc3RzLWlwcG9saXRvLWNhZmZpLWZyYW5jZXNjby1hcmJhbi1hbmQtZy1zZWlmZmFyZC02MjViNjQtMTAyNC5qcGc%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]")
[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
![Rotundo [i.e. Rotunda] Gardens. Mr. Hampton's grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon, Erin-Go-Bragh the first ascent this season, will take place on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1848.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvcm90dW5kby1pZS1yb3R1bmRhLWdhcmRlbnMtbXItaGFtcHRvbnMtZ3JhbmQtNzd0aC1hc2NlbnQtd2l0aC1oaXMtbmV3LXJveWFsLTI0M2Y2Yy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/105/webp "Rotundo [i.e. Rotunda] Gardens. Mr. Hampton's grand 77th ascent with his new royal Irish national balloon, Erin-Go-Bragh the first ascent this season, will take place on Easter Monday, 24th April, 1848.")
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.
![[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvYmFsbG9vbi13aXRoLXBhcmFjaHV0ZS1hbmQtcHJvcGVsbGVycy1hc3NvY2lhdGVkLXdpdGgtZnJhbmNlc2NvLW9ybGFuZGktZmx5aW5nLTEwMjQuanBn/40/58/webp "[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orlandi, flying over a town harbor and spectators, possibly during an ascent in Italy between 1820 and 1850]")
[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orla...
Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ils montaient, ils montaient toujours, Political Cartoon
French political cartoon shows a greedy Louis Napoleon trying to climb higher by hanging onto the ropes of a balloon, topped with a crown. The basket breaks free spilling bags of money, and a woman and a child ... More
Éxperience du globe ae̋rostatique du MM. Charles et Robert, au Jardin ...
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
Mr. Pennington's steam balloon, signs of the times : The Oregon
Print shows an early design for a dirigible-shaped "aerostat" that is powered by steam which drives side-paddles; includes a smokestack at top center and flags at both ends. Includes five lines of text and two... More
L'arriveé, Tissandier Collection, France
Drawing shows the descent of a balloon with a parachutist below and balloonist in basket controlling descent. 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
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.
Par autorisation de M. Le Maire de la ville de Rouen. Le Sieur Bollé, ...
Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension at the Place de la Cathd́rale, Rouen, France. Tissandier collection.
La Sirène, Tissandier Collection, France
Print shows the balloon "La Sirène" flying with one man on board. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.
![Experience aërostatique faite à Lyon; d'un ballon de cent pieds de diamètre le 10 [i.e. 19] janvier 1784, à midi 48 min[u]tes](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvZXhwZXJpZW5jZS1hZXJvc3RhdGlxdWUtZmFpdGUtYS1seW9uLWR1bi1iYWxsb24tZGUtY2VudC1waWVkcy1kZS1kaWFtZXRyZS1sZS0yZWU1M2MtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/59/webp "Experience aërostatique faite à Lyon; d'un ballon de cent pieds de diamètre le 10 [i.e. 19] janvier 1784, à midi 48 min[u]tes")
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
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
![[Model of a statue dedicated to French balloonists, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, featuring a double profile portrait from a gold medal designed by Houdon and an inflated balloon] / H. Thiriat, sc.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvbW9kZWwtb2YtYS1zdGF0dWUtZGVkaWNhdGVkLXRvLWZyZW5jaC1iYWxsb29uaXN0cy1qb3NlcGgtYW5kLWV0aWVubmUtbW9udGdvbGZpZXItOWFjYWY3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/51/webp "[Model of a statue dedicated to French balloonists, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, featuring a double profile portrait from a gold medal designed by Houdon and an inflated balloon] / H. Thiriat, sc.")
[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.
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... this day, Monday, May 5th, a balloon ascen...
Text-only broadside announcing ascensions by Charles Green in his balloon "Royal Nassau" and Hugh Bell, in his "patent locomotive balloon" from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, May 1851. Text also... More
Rotary balloon, model exhibited in Class X, no. 137, by J. Luntley
Airship, designed by John Luntley, in flight over water. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.
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
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
![Patent drawing - Appareil propre à la direction des aerostats plans annèxes à la demande d'un brevet pour une durée de 15 ans / / apprové à [...] Sourbieu & Pre. Pradel, 1852 septembre 9. Public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjQvYXBwYXJlaWwtcHJvcHJlLWEtbGEtZGlyZWN0aW9uLWRlcy1hZXJvc3RhdHMtcGxhbnMtYW5uZXhlcy1hLWxhLWRlbWFuZGUtZHVuLTI3NWVkOC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Patent drawing - Appareil propre à la direction des aerostats plans annèxes à la demande d'un brevet pour une durée de 15 ans / / apprové à [...] Sourbieu & Pre. Pradel, 1852 septembre 9. Public domain image")
Patent drawing - Appareil propre à la direction des aerostats plans an...
Patent drawing submitted by Sourbieu & Pradel shows two views of an apparatus for steering or controlling the direction of balloons by hand-cranking a series of four rotating sails. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC s... More
Patent drawing - Aèrostat système Vaussin Chardanne (brevetè). Moyens ...
Patent design drawing for a safe system to regulate the altitude of a balloon while preserving gas and ballast. Includes 9 detail views, cross section, elevation, and identification key. Tissandier collection.
![Patent drawing - Aèrostat système Vaussin Chardanne (brevetè). moyens simples et peu couteuse pour faire descendre et remonter à volanté un ballon dans lʹair sans perté le gaz et le leste / / Villeneuve St. Georges (Seine et Oise), le dix octobre mil [...] cinquante trois, Vaussin-Chardanne. Public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvYWVyb3N0YXQtc3lzdGVtZS12YXVzc2luLWNoYXJkYW5uZS1icmV2ZXRlLW1veWVucy1zaW1wbGVzLWV0LXBldS1jb3V0ZXVzZS1wb3VyLTkwNzZlZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Patent drawing - Aèrostat système Vaussin Chardanne (brevetè). moyens simples et peu couteuse pour faire descendre et remonter à volanté un ballon dans lʹair sans perté le gaz et le leste / / Villeneuve St. Georges (Seine et Oise), le dix octobre mil [...] cinquante trois, Vaussin-Chardanne. Public domain image")
Patent drawing - Aèrostat système Vaussin Chardanne (brevetè). moyens ...
Patent design drawing for a system to regulate the altitude of a balloon while preserving gas and ballast. Features a cross section, scaled detail drawings of component parts and an identification key. Tissand... 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
Ballon de cuivre. Ateliers de construction, impasse du Maine, no. 10, ...
Admission ticket to an exhibition of a copper balloon in Paris in the late 1850s. Text continues: "Cette machine aérostatique, de forme sphérique, de 10 mètres de diamètre, complètement en cuivre, offre l'impo... More
Locomotive Fairmount, Public domain image
Print shows activities along the Schuylkill River with the Fairmount Water Works in the background on the left and a distant view, on the right, of a suspension bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Philadelp... More
Mr. La Mountain's aerial voyage - the descent of the balloon
John La Moutnain's balloon voyage with John Wise and Gager from St. Louis to Rochester, 1859.
![Professor [Thaddeus S.C.] Lowe's mammoth balloon, CITY OF NEW YORK, as she will apepar when fully inflated](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTkvMDEvMDEvcHJvZmVzc29yLXRoYWRkZXVzLXNjLWxvd2VzLW1hbW1vdGgtYmFsbG9vbi1jaXR5LW9mLW5ldy15b3JrLWFzLXNoZS13aWxsLWFwZXBhci02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "Professor [Thaddeus S.C.] Lowe's mammoth balloon, CITY OF NEW YORK, as she will apepar when fully inflated")
Professor [Thaddeus S.C.] Lowe's mammoth balloon, CITY OF NEW YORK, as...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1859 Nov. 19). Another copy may be in the Landauer Collection, container 33 (A size). Reference copy may be in LOT 4700. This record contains unverified, old da... More
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
Ballon Godard / H.L.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board.
![[Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a flag and handkerchief]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvY2FyZC1zaG93cy10d28tY2hpbGRyZW4tYXNjZW5kaW5nLWluLXRoZS1iYXNrZXQtb2YtYS1iYWxsb29uLXdhdmluZy1hLWZsYWctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a flag and handkerchief]")
[Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdGVjaG5pY2FsLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93cy1mb3VyLXN0YWdlcy1vZi1hbmRyZS1nYXJuZXJpbnMtcGFyYWNodXRlLWFwcGFyYXR1cy02NTYxYWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[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
![[Cartoon showing monstrous balloon competing with railroad train as a freight carrier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvY2FydG9vbi1zaG93aW5nLW1vbnN0cm91cy1iYWxsb29uLWNvbXBldGluZy13aXRoLXJhaWxyb2FkLXRyYWluLWFzLWEtZnJlaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Cartoon showing monstrous balloon competing with railroad train as a freight carrier]")
[Cartoon showing monstrous balloon competing with railroad train as a ...
Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Reference copy may be in LOT 4700 B. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Freight; Balloons Cat.; Rr Cartoon; Shelf.
![[Balloon "Columba" flying with two passengers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYmFsbG9vbi1jb2x1bWJhLWZseWluZy13aXRoLXR3by1wYXNzZW5nZXJzLWIwNjIwYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "[Balloon \"Columba\" flying with two passengers]")
[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.
![[Embossed card shows balloon labelled "rien d'impossible" ascending with passenger]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvZW1ib3NzZWQtY2FyZC1zaG93cy1iYWxsb29uLWxhYmVsbGVkLXJpZW4tZGltcG9zc2libGUtYXNjZW5kaW5nLXdpdGgtcGFzc2VuZ2VyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/23/webp "[Embossed card shows balloon labelled \"rien d'impossible\" ascending with passenger]")
[Embossed card shows balloon labelled "rien d'impossible" ascending wi...
Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The War balloon at General M'Dowell's head-quarters preparing for a re...
Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 26, p. 679. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Balloon view of Washington, D.C., May 1861
United States Capitol in foreground; Long (14th St.) Bridge in center background. Wood engraving in Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, p. 134. Same image as Harper's Weekly, 1861 July 27. This record ... More
Prof. T. Lowe making a balloon ascension on a reconnoitring expedition...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, p. 790, 1861. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420-N. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War Recon.; Va. V-; Civil War Ballo... More
![Balloon view of Washington, D.C. [with U.S. Capitol in foreground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvYmFsbG9vbi12aWV3LW9mLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtd2l0aC11cy1jYXBpdG9sLWluLWZvcmVncm91bmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Balloon view of Washington, D.C. [with U.S. Capitol in foreground]")
Balloon view of Washington, D.C. [with U.S. Capitol in foreground]
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1861 July 27, p. 476. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Balloons; Geogr.
![[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 1862: balloon in backgrd. across field; horsemen in foregrd.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvcHJvZi10aGFkZGV1cy1sb3dlcy1iYWxsb29uLWNhbXAtYXQtZ2FpbmVzLW1pbGwtdmEtbWF5LTE4NjItYmFsbG9vbi1pbi1iYWNrZ3JkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's \"Balloon Camp\" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 1862: balloon in backgrd. across field; horsemen in foregrd.]")
[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 18...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Civil War Signal Corps; Civil War Camps G-M-; Civil War Balloons; BI; Shelf.
![[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvcHJvZi10aGFkZGV1cy1sb3dlcy1iYWxsb29uLWNhbXAtYXQtZ2FpbmVzLW1pbGwtdmEtbWF5LTE4NjItbG93ZS1wcmVwYXJlcy10by02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's \"Balloon Camp\" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 1862: Lowe prepares to ascend; soldiers crowded around car of balloon]")
[Prof. Thaddeus Lowe's "Balloon Camp" at Gaines Mill, Virginia, May 18...
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: CW Signal Corps; CW Camps G-M-; CW Balloons; BI; Shelf.
Inflation of the balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter the Battle of Fair Oa...
No. 2350-A. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Prof. Lowe's military balloons near Gaines Mill, Va. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
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
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
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
L'Aérienne, nouveau systême de ballon dirigeable par Camille Dupuy
Broadside announcing the exhibition of a navigable balloon designed by Camille Dupuy at the "boulevart Magenta, 37" and the "rue des Marais, St. Martin" in Paris beginning December 18, 1866. Tissandier collection.
Aerial voyages over London Ashburnham Park, King's Road, Chelsea.
Caption continues: May 1st and every day (weather permitting) from 1 till 7, with the immense and new steam captive balloon, constructed on the same system as that which acted with such success at the Universal... More
Le ballon captif! / Wogel. - Public domain image related to music prfo...
Drawing shows a captive balloon designed by Henri Giffard and exhibited in 1867, displayed in a city plaza, with two men conversing in foreground and a uniformed guard. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More
![[View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit building, and balloon flying in the distance]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtcGFyaXMtZXhwb3NpdGlvbi1vZi0xODY3LXNob3dpbmctd2F0ZXJmcm9udC1tYWluLWV4aGliaXQtYnVpbGRpbmctZTVmNGVmLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[View of the Paris Exposition of 1867 showing waterfront, main exhibit building, and balloon flying in the distance]")
[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
Ascension captive. 42, avenue de Suffren tous les jours de 1 à 5 h. Ex...
Broadside announcing a captive balloon ascension during the Paris Exposition of 1867. Includes pictures of the balloon being inflated ("Le Gonflement") and spectators watching the captive balloon ascend in the ... More
Up in a Balloon - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress
LOT subdivision subject: Transportation. Title and other information transcribed from item. Copyright by Wm. A. Pond & Co. No caption card found.
Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage...
Drawing shows Jules Duruof, Gaston Tissandier, and another man in the balloon "Neptune" making a difficult landing on the cliffs off Cape Gris-Nez, France. In the foreground, two shepherdesses and their flock o... More
![[Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including top, bottom, and side views] / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvc2NhbGVkLWRlc2lnbi1kcmF3aW5nLWZvci10aGUtdmFsdmUtYXNzZW1ibHktb2YtYS1iYWxsb29uLWluY2x1ZGluZy10b3AtYm90dG9tLTUwYmUzYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including top, bottom, and side views] / J. Chavoutier, architecte, r. Louis LeGrand 37, Paris.")
[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
Details dʹune soupape pour un ballon de 5 a 8,000 m. cubes / Charles C...
Scaled design drawing of balloon valve shows 9 captioned views of components and complete assembly. Includes identification key. Tissandier collection.