balloon

Wien aus dem Luftballon gesehen - von Südwesten

beiliegend ein Blatt mit Umrissen der Gebäude darauf die Zahlenlegende Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The following poetical effusion is from the pen of Capt. John Adair, w...

1. Baloon ascensions.; 2. McClellan, John H. 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 163, Folder 58.

Photographie d'un document : Ballon Gabriel, Mangin.

Tirage contrecollé sur un carton. Monté avec CARPH002033 et CARPH002032. Il appartient à la collection Nadar (tampon rouge). Tampon - Tampon à l'encre rouge de la collection Nadar. Inscription - Inscription à l... More

[Stereograph View of a Hot Air Balloon]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, vintage travel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[Boston from a Hot-Air Balloon]

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface t... More

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 deflated at left). His balloon had as... 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

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.

[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

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.

Broadsheet with a story about a miracle in San Cristobal de las Casas,...

José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)

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

Haute Égypte. Grand Temple de Denderah, sculptures de la façade postér...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Egyptian sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Caricature, Une descente en parachute, public domain cartoon image

A parachute descent Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of 1850s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 ...

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

Le ballon de cuivre, qui doit incessamment s'élever dans les airs est ...

Text-only broadside announcing the public viewing of a copper balloon, at Impasse du Maine, Paris.

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...

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

Présentation du ballon "LE POISSON VOLANT" au Palais de l'Industrie, 8...

Signature de l'exécutant - Au recto de l'image, en bas à gauche, manuscrit dans le négatif : "Clle Vert [le "lle" de "Clle" est en exposant]". \ Inscription à l'encre Présentation du ballon "LE POISSON VOLANT" ... More

Ballon Godard / H.L.. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Collecting card shows an ascending balloon with one person on board.

Ben Butler. Air:-Up In A Balloon

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

Picture of a Balloon - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum o...

Miyagi Gengyo (Japanese, 1817–1880) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image... More

the FLYING MAN/ Who will again prove his wonderful power from the Gard...

Affiche Lettre - " DE [GROOT]/ Having studied the subject of Aer[o]sta[t]ion and benefited by the [ex]perience of every great Artiste for the last two centur[ies] incl[uded]/ RACQUVILLE/ BLANCHA [RD]/ GARNERIN/... 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

[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]

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.

Up in a balloon. Song sheet - Public domain song sheet

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

Utagawa Yoshiiku - American Balloon; American Playing Cello; Bamboo

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904) Edo period (1615–1868) Public domain scan of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, of Edo period, Tokugawa rule, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions im... More

Balloon view of Washington, D.C.

U.S. Capitol with dome not yet completed in left foregrd.; view from northeast. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 July 27), p. 476. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.

A balloon ascends over the Potomac River after launch

A balloon ascends over the Potomac River after launch from the USS George Washington Parke Custis, a Civil War Naval Aircraft Carrier, making reconnaissance of blockade, November 1861, near Budd's Ferry below M... More

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.

Artwork: "T.S.C. Lowe's Ballon Tethered at 1,000 Feet Above the York R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Professor Lowe Inflating Balloon Intrepid

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

map from "Klimatographische Uebersicht der Erde in einer Sammlung auth...

This image has been taken from scan 000702 from "Klimatographische Uebersicht der Erde in einer Sammlung authentischer Berichte, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More

[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 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 Geant, Champ de Mars, Atelier Nadar B&W Photograph.

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

Le géant au Champ de Mars, lors de la deuxième ascension, avec un ball...

Photo montée avec 5 autres représentant le même évènement. Cependant, les trois plus grandes ne sont pas identiques (Ph 1977, Ph 1978, Ph 1979). Dans les deux premières, la nacelle n'est pas encore accrochée au... More

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

Trois petites photos identiques représentant le géant au Champ de Mars...

Trois tirages appartenant à la collection Nadar (tampon rouge). Inscription - Au verso, inscription Le géant au Champ de Mars, lors de la deuxième ascension, avec un ballon comparatif (18 octobre 1863)

Stereobild med motiv luftballonger som lyfter från Paris den 18 oktobe...

Stereobild med motiv luftballonger som lyfter från Paris den 18 oktober 1863.

Le géant au Champ de Mars, lors de la deuxième ascension, avec un ball...

Photo montée avec 5 autres représentant le même évènement. Cependant, les trois plus grandes ne sont pas identiques (Ph 1977, Ph 1978, Ph 1979). Dans les deux premières, la nacelle n'est pas encore accrochée au... More

"Le Géant à Bruxelles" (lors de sa 3e ascension pour la fête de la l'I...

Tirage contrecollé sur une feuille cartonnée. Il appartient à la collection Nadar (tampon rouge). Tampon - A l'encre rouge : tampon des collections Nadar. Inscription - Inscription à l'encre noire : "Le Géant à... More

"Troisième ascension du Géant, Bruxelles, 26 septembre 1864, Fêtes de ...

Tirage contrecollé sur un carton, monté en 40 x 50 cm. Il appartient à la collection Nadar (tampon rouge) Tampon - A l'encre rouge : tampon des collections Nadar. Inscription concernant le titre - Inscription à... 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.

Utagawa Yoshitora - American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850–80) Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Utagawa Yoshitora - American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active ca. 1850–80) Edo period (1615–1868)

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 ...

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.

Champ-de-Mars. Première ascension aérostatique du ballon le Pole Nord ...

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

La villa de Guadalupe, tomada en globo el dia 12 de Diciembre = La vil...

La Alameda de México, tomada en globe = L'Alameda de México, prise en ...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Le ballon captif à vapeur de Mr. Henri Giffard, à Londres, mai 1869 / ...

Drawing shows the giant captive balloon constructed by Henri Giffard for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 and brought to London, England, in 1868 and 1869. Balloon is moored at launching site; with numerous onlooke... 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

La Ciudad de México, tomada en globo por el Noroeste = La ville du Mex...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Descente du ballon le Pôle Nord à Auneau (Eure et Loir) le 27 juin 186...

Diagram shows (1) "Trajectoire de l'aérostat (elévation)" and (2) "Courbe de trainage (plan)" to document the barometric measurements for altitude and distance covered, made by Gaston Tissandier in the balloon ... More

Nyårsreportage 3 januari 1966 - örebro kuriren

Nyårsreportage 3 januari 1966 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while susp...

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

Salle de concert du cercie artistique ... Exposition du gigantesque ba...

Broadside announcing a balloon exhibition and ascension by Eugène Godard in his balloon "Cita di Firenze" from the Place St. Michel, Paris. Includes picture of a mirage observed by Godard and Camille Flammarion... More

Örebroteknisterna 30 maj 1967 Rudbecksskolan

Örebroteknisterna 30 maj 1967 Rudbecksskolan Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Conciliabule a cote du ballon, le "George Sand," entre bis trois aeron...

Drawing shows French balloonists J. de Revilliod and Albert and Gaston Tissandier standing at the right of the basket of the balloon "George Sand," which is tethered at Le Mans, France, during the Siege of Pari... More

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

Voyages aèriens de M.M. Albert et Gaston Tissandier. Tentative de reto...

Drawing shows the balloon "Jean Bart," flown by Albert and Gaston Tissandier descending over the Seine with tow ropes hanging into the river where landing was attempted during the Siege of Paris. "D'après natur... More

Oh my! My balloon won't rise! My balloon is all right, mamma made it o...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrées ankomst till Nordpolen. Tysk Karikatyrteckning.

Andrées ankomst till Nordpolen. Tysk Karikatyrteckning.

Andrées polarexpedition, någon minut före starten.

Andrées polarexpedition, någon minut före starten. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Studenten 1, 19 april 1966 - örebro kuriren

Studenten 1, 19 april 1966 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hindersmässan januari 1967 Örebro, Sverive

Hindersmässan januari 1967 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Guadalupe, Mexico (taken from a balloon)

Photographic print shows aerial view print of Guadalupe and surrounding mountains. Illus. in: A trip to Mexico : being notes of a journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and back... / By H.C.R. Becher. Toronto :... More

Marknadsafton 17 juni 1966 Sverige. Public domain image.

Marknadsafton 17 juni 1966 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hindersmässan januari 1967 Örebro, Sverive

Hindersmässan januari 1967 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Two children in a hot air balloon made up of an egg-shaped balloon and...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

Studenten 1, 19 april 1966 - örebro kuriren

Studenten 1, 19 april 1966 Public domain photograph, 1900s Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

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.