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Painting of a balloon trip to Mount Lowe as envisioned by Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, ca.1895-1910 (CHS-2401)

Painting of a balloon trip to Mount Lowe as envisioned by Professor Th...

Painting of a balloon trip to Mount Lowe as envisioned by Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe, ca.1895-1910 Photograph of a painting by Homer A. Hamer of a balloon trip to Mount Lowe as envisioned by Professor Thadde... More

Afisz lotu balonem z Foksal Jordakiego Kuparenki

Afisz lotu balonem z Foksal Jordakiego Kuparenki

Français : Avec la permission des autorités supérieures. Mr. Jordaki Kuparentko a l'honneur de prévenir le public qu'il fera l'un de ces jours au jardin de Vaux-Hall au Nouveau Monde la troisième ascension aero... More

Campagne du Tonkin Attaque des hauteurs sous Bac Ninh

Campagne du Tonkin Attaque des hauteurs sous Bac Ninh

Attack of Bac Ninh heights by General Brière de l'Isle.Français : Attaque des hauteurs sous Bac-Ninh par le général Brière de l'Isle.

1801 Luftballon piloted by Adler 2013.044 crop

1801 Luftballon piloted by Adler 2013.044 crop

Lithograph captioned "Neueste Erfindung einen Luftballon durch Adler zu regieren 1801", translates as "Newest invention - an air balloon being piloted by eagles 1801". Blue and yellow striped air balloon being... More

1783 balloonj - Public domain  engraving

1783 balloonj - Public domain engraving

1786 description of the historic Montgolfier Brothers' 1783 balloon flight. Illustration with engineering proportions and description. Translation: Figure and exact proportions of the "Aerostatic Globe", which... More

Wonderful ballon ascents - or, The conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages (1870) (14597225009)

Wonderful ballon ascents - or, The conquest of the skies. A history of...

Identifier: wonderfulballona00mariuoft (find matches) Title: Wonderful ballon ascents : or, The conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages Year: 1870 (1870s) Authors: Marion, Fulgence S... More

Watch MET DP350911 - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of Art image.

Watch MET DP350911 - Public domain dedication. Metropolitan Museum of ...

French, Paris; Watch; Horology Public domain reproduction of artwork in Metropolitan Museum of Art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1840s British cartoon strips - Public domain old map
Ascension de la colossale Montgolfiére L'Aigle conduite par Eugène Godard, aéronaute de l'empereur LCCN2002717335

Ascension de la colossale Montgolfiére L'Aigle conduite par Eugène God...

Admission ticket to Eugène Godard's ascent in the balloon "L'Aigle" from a location in France. Includes a picture of a balloon decorated with flags and an eagle emblem.

An Air Story - A man flying in a hot air balloon

An Air Story - A man flying in a hot air balloon

Uncredited illustration for “An Air Story,” by Jane G. Austin, Student and Schoolmate, vol. 22, no. 3, Sept. 1868, p. 396. Digitized by Google from the collection of the New York Public Library. Page image down... More

Aerostats, historique, planche - Aerostats, air ballons, historical, line drawings. Public domain illustration from Larousse du XXème siècle 1932

Aerostats, historique, planche - Aerostats, air ballons, historical, l...

Aerostats, air ballons, historical, line drawings. Aerostat is a lighter than air aircraft that gains its lift through the use of a buoyant gas. Aerostats include unpowered balloons and powered airships. - Pub... More

Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874) (18199148181)

Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertati...

Title: Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics Identifier: animallocomotio00pett (find matches) Year: 1874 (1870s) Authors: Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 Sub... More

Assiette Ballon - A plate with a picture of a hot air balloon on it

Assiette Ballon - A plate with a picture of a hot air balloon on it

Français : Texte de la fiche du musée : Assiette « Ballon », vers 1785, faïence de Nevers, décor de grand feu Musée de la Loire (Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France) Legs Loiseau (1970) N° inv. COF 970.1.48.... More

BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF FORT HUMAITA, PARAGUAY (Taken from Allen's Baloon)

BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF FORT HUMAITA, PARAGUAY (Taken from Allen's Baloon)

BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF FORT HUMAITA, PARAGUAY (Taken from Allen's Baloon).

Combat aërien de deux vaisseaux, chacun de 100 pièces de canon, à Arcs d'acier au lieu de poudre à canon, et de 1.000 hommes d'Equipage, l'An 100 de l'invention des Machines Aërostatiques

Combat aërien de deux vaisseaux, chacun de 100 pièces de canon, à Arcs...

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

Denhaag monument eerste ballonvaart

Denhaag monument eerste ballonvaart

Nederlands: Den Haag, tuin paleis Noordeinde. Monument eerste ballonvaart door Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Een kunstwerk van M. v.d. Burgh & P.Donk. The Hague/The Netherlands.

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0564 2

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0564 2

Expression error: Unrecognized word "die". Deutsch: keine Bildunterschrift English: no caption

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0565 1

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0565 1

Expression error: Unrecognized word "die". Deutsch: keine Bildunterschrift English: no caption

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0794

Die Gartenlaube (1899) b 0794

Expression error: Unrecognized word "die". Deutsch: keine Bildunterschrift English: no caption

Drawing made easy - a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches, clearly shown step by step (1921) (14766655711)

Drawing made easy - a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin...

Identifier: drawingmadeeasyh00lutz (find matches) Title: Drawing made easy : a helpful book for young artists; the way to begin and finish your sketches, clearly shown step by step Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors:... More

Elevazione aereobatica eseguita da Francezco Orlandi in Bologna nei puba. giardini li 6 Novembre 1828 LCCN2002736251

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.)

Essai sur les Machines Aerostatiques pour les perfectionner et les employer utilement

Essai sur les Machines Aerostatiques pour les perfectionner et les emp...

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

Figure de la barque inventée en 1709 par Laurent de Gusman Chapelain du Roi de Portugal

Figure de la barque inventée en 1709 par Laurent de Gusman Chapelain d...

Français : Figure de la barque inventée en 1709 par Laurent de Gusman Chapelain du Roi de Portugal pour s'élever et se diriger dans les Airs.

George-Dickel-cascade-ad-balloon-1911

George-Dickel-cascade-ad-balloon-1911

Ad for George Dickel's Cascade Whisky from a 1911 issue of the Hopkinsville Kentuckian

Inventions pour retirer de la mer, meme d'une grande profondeur des vaisseaux richement chargés et coulés

Inventions pour retirer de la mer, meme d'une grande profondeur des va...

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

Little Nemo 1906-10-14 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Little Nemo 1906-10-14 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Little Nemo comic strip by Winsor McCay.

Manhole cover Ville d'Annonay with Montgolfiere

Manhole cover Ville d'Annonay with Montgolfiere

Manhole cover "Ville d'Annonay" with Montgolfiere Français : Couvercle de trou d'homme "Ville d'Annonay" avec Montgolfière

Meryon - Der Pont-au-Change - 1854

Meryon - Der Pont-au-Change - 1854

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

Moyens mécaniques et physiques, pour communiquer les Pensées ou les Nouvelles dans quelques minuttes d'un Pays à un autre d'une distance quelconque

Moyens mécaniques et physiques, pour communiquer les Pensées ou les No...

Estampe Public domain photograph of a viaduct, bridge, arch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Redon - Eye-Balloon (Œil-ballon) 1878

Redon - Eye-Balloon (Œil-ballon) 1878

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

Rhymes and jingles (1882) (14566000720)

Rhymes and jingles (1882) (14566000720)

Identifier: rhymesjingles00dodg2 (find matches) Title: Rhymes and jingles .. Year: 1882 (1880s) Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 Subjects: Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons Text Appearing Bef... More

Rhymes and jingles (1903) (14769864371)

Rhymes and jingles (1903) (14769864371)

Identifier: rhymesjingles00do (find matches) Title: Rhymes and jingles Year: 1903 (1900s) Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 Subjects: Publisher: New York, Scribner Contributing Library: The Library of... More

Rivista aerostatica - Grossi. LCCN2003688850

Rivista aerostatica - Grossi. LCCN2003688850

Title: Rivista aerostatica / Grossi. Abstract/medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 41.8 x 58.6 cm.

Rivista aerostatica - Grossi. LCCN2003688850

Rivista aerostatica - Grossi. LCCN2003688850

Title: Rivista aerostatica / Grossi. Abstract/medium: 1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 41.8 x 58.6 cm.

The foundation of all learning, or child's first book, by which a child will learn more in one month than by many others in twelve Fleuron T118611-12

The foundation of all learning, or child's first book, by which a chil...

Fleuron from book: The foundation of all learning, or child's first book, by which a child will learn more in one month than by many others in twelve. Within this little Book you'll find Subjects well suited t... More

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores and United States mail contractors LCCN2002722663

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

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

The Ladies' home journal (1948) (14767460992)

The Ladies' home journal (1948) (14767460992)

Advertisement: Gibbs Style-Knit Underwear for Infants and Children Identifier: ladieshomejourna65janwyet (find matches) Title: The Ladies' home journal Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers... More

VISTA GERAL DO THEATRO DE GUERRA feita a — voo de pássaro — pelo aeronauta americano o Sr. James Allen

VISTA GERAL DO THEATRO DE GUERRA feita a — voo de pássaro — pelo aeron...

Português: Vista geral do teatro de guerra feita a — voo de pássaro — pelo aeronauta americano o Sr. James Allen. Esta vista abrange todo o antigo acampamento alliado e quadrilatero paraguayo, fortificações d... More

Judge Magazine 6Jun1891

Judge Magazine 6Jun1891

Judge Magazine Cover (6 Jun 1891)

Encyclopaedia; or Fleuron W031873-9

Encyclopaedia; or Fleuron W031873-9

Fleuron from book: Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature ... Compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages ... Illustrated with five hundred and... More

The aerostatic spy- or, excursions with an air balloon. - By an aerial traveller. - Fleuron N029408-3

The aerostatic spy- or, excursions with an air balloon. - By an aerial...

Fleuron from book: The aerostatic spy: or, excursions with an air balloon. ... By an aerial traveller. ...

Arthur Thiele Des Bauern Himmelfahrt
Travels in the Air - The new-comers fall, pell-mell, one over the other

Travels in the Air - The new-comers fall, pell-mell, one over the othe...

"The new-comers fall, pell-mell, one over the other."

Montgolfier Balloon

Montgolfier Balloon

Model of the en:Montgolfier brothers balloon in the en:London Science Museum, en:England. (NB this picture is not the same as this one [1] the angle is slightly different). en:Category:Collections of the Scien... More

T2- d457 - Fig. 267. — Montgolfière lancée à Milan

T2- d457 - Fig. 267. — Montgolfière lancée à Milan

Français : Montgolfière lancée à Milan, le 25 février 1784, montée par le chevalier Andreani et les frères Gerli (quatrième voyage aérien)

James Sadler, Esqr., first English Aeronaut

James Sadler, Esqr., first English Aeronaut

Portrait of James Sadler (1753-1828), the English balloonist. The portrait has been combined with an earlier print, showing views of Sadler's balloon ascent from the Mermaid Gardens, Hackney, on 12th August 18... More

Wonderful Balloon Ascents, 1870 - Ascent from Dijon, 1784

Wonderful Balloon Ascents, 1870 - Ascent from Dijon, 1784

Illustration, "Ascent from Dijon, 1784" from Wonderful Ballon Ascents