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Surry [sic] Zoological Gardens - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows pond and people walking at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, London, England, with a balloon ascending in the distance. Print commemorates the 17th anniversary of the birth of Princess Victoria, May 24... 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

Theodore Maurisset - Prodige de la chimie / Maurisset, del. et sculp.,...

French cartoon shows a long line of people, with more arriving by stagecoach and railroad, at a medicine show where a quack with a lion's head, the "Prodige de la chimie," is marketing his hair tonic "De pommad... More

Mr. Edward Spencer, born May 8th 1799 who accompanied Mr. Charles Gree...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of solicitor, Edward Spencer, who accompanied balloonist Charles Green on several ascensions. A balloon with an attached parachute is in the background. Printed signature below title... 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

La daguerreotypomanie / Maurisset., Tissandier Collection, France

French cartoon about the rush to try photography after Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre revealed his process in 1839. Print shows long lines of people waiting to be photographed and others eager to support the craz... 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.

Francesco Arban di Lione / Stani[...]é Morelli.

Half-length portrait of French ballonist Francesco Arban standing in the basket of a balloon, waving his hat. Tissandier collection.

Locomotion atmospherique, système d'Helle, ingénieur-mécanicien

Broadside announcing a navigable balloon design invented by M. d'Helle. Includes a picture of d'Helle's propeller-powered balloon. Tissandier collection.

Le pilote, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows two men standing in basket of balloon, "Le Pilote". Tissandier collection.

Greens grosser Luftballon im Lande der Antipoden / Cajetan, delt. ; J....

Austrian print satirizes the intended trans-Atlantic balloon voyage of Charles Green by showing his arrival among the Maori in the Antipodes Islands in the Pacific Ocean. From series: Satyrisches Bild, no. 47.... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. Juvenile fete, next Wednesday, 21st ...

Text-only broadside announcing a festival at Vauxhall Gardens, London, England, 1841?. Includes a list of the events and scheduled performances, including the release of the balloon "Fat Boy." "A great personag... More

The aerial steam carriage - Drawing. Public domain image.

Pictorial lettersheet shows British inventor William Samuel Henson's proposed steam powered flying machine in an imaginary flight over the Thames River, London, 1843. Attempts to fly a model of the aerial steam... More

Francesco Arban di Lione areonauta espertissimo esegui il suo dodicesi...

Print shows the balloon of Francesco Arban ascending above a map of Rome and its environs, showing the route of his balloon voyage from Villa Borghese, Rome, to Acqua Martina near Riete, April 14, 1846. (Source... More

Francesco Arban di Lione, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Head-and-shoulders portrait of French balloonist, Francesco Arban, commemorating his twelfth flight. Includes items related to his work: a gas bag and netting, a telescope, barrels of gas, and a balloon ascendi... More

Nouveau système de locomotion aérienne du Docteur Van Hecke / dessine ...

Design drawing for system of harnessing several balloons in descending size to provide the lift to transport various weights of people and mail, proposed by Dr. Van Hecke of Brussels. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC... More

[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

Les rois s'en vont-- bon voyage! / dessiné par Monta.

French cartoon about kings departing for the moon, possibly in reference to the end of monarchy in Europe. Print shows several balloons labeled "Service du roi" from Spain, Prussia, Denmark, Naples, etc., landi... More

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.

Fête de la Concorde, arrivée des corporations au Champ-de-Mars / dessi...

Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848, in a ceremony commemorating the French Republic. A large crowd is assembled in the foreground; monuments, banne... More

The fancy fair, Prince's Park, Liverpool, August, 1849 / John R. Isaac...

Print shows a festival and balloon ascension during the campaign to raise funds in support of the Northern and Southern Hospitals in Liverpool, England, August 1849. "On the occasion of the Philanthrophic Fest... More

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

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.

L'arriveé, Tissandier Collection, France

Drawing shows the descent of a balloon with a parachutist below and balloonist in basket controlling descent. Tissandier collection.

Nicolas Jacques Conté / Roehn, delt. ; Delaunay, sct.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons. Tissandier collection.

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.

Le diamant de bluze est une nouvelle découverte qui vient de jeter une...

Advertisement for a Paris jewelry store depicting a man sitting in a ring tied to a balloon labeled "Palais des diamants." 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.

Kermesse au jardin des plantes (8 septembre) / A. J. Lallemand, sculpt...

Print shows a woman in the basket of an inflated balloon on the ground at right ready for ascent and a crowd in the foreground gathered to celebrate a September fair in the Royal Gardens, Paris, France. Tissan... More

Dn. Vicente Lunardi, vive en el Coliseo del Buen Retiro

Print shows banner with name of Italian balloonist Vincent Lunardi; includes figure playing a drum and two others dancing. "Preco" printed below image. "Bilhete d'introduc̦ão na Platca do Anfitheatro do Terreir... More

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

[Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, ...

(Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC Staff, 1981-82) Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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...

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

Navigation aérienne, système de M. Henri Giffard

Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's first steam powered airship design in 1852. Includes a technical drawing of his design. Tissandier collection.

Tableau explicatif général. Les effets du vol aérien actif / / lith. S...

Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device design... More

Patent drawing - Aérostat dirigeable système Vaussin Chardanne, brevet...

Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the... More

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

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

Projet d'appareil, pour évaluer approximativement la force des helices...

Design drawing shows a system for steering an airship using man power to operate propellers. Includes plan and sections. Tissandier collection.

Plateforme aérienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Char...

Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers. Includes plans of dirigible platform body and complete platform assembly, and identification key. Tissandier collection.

Plateforme aérienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Cha...

Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers. Includes longitudinal views of dirigible platform assembly and identification key. Tissandier collection.

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 - Navigation aérienne. Solution dʹun grand problème par...

Scaled design drawings for a patent show Aug. Lanteigne's system of aerial navigation, which used a continuous belt of sails to achieve propulsion. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.

[Design drawing for a man-powered flying machine designed by Sir Georg...

Illus. from: "Memoire sur la vol artificiel," by George Cayley, in Société aérostatique et météorologique de France, bull. no. 4, 1853, pl. 1. Title devised by library staff. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1... More

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

Voiles mobile. Systém Ate. Lanteigne menuisier / [...] Mo[...], '58.

Design drawings for a system of airship navigation proposed by Aug. Lanteigne, utilizing a series of 16 balloons on a single keel. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, Library staff, 1981-82). Tissandier collection.

Salle de conférences ... Conférences experimentales sur la navigation ...

Broadside announcing a conference on flight designs by Camille Vert. Includes pictures of a lighter-than-air 'flying fish' airship and a heavier-than-air 'winged man' ornithopter. Tissandier collection.

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

Madame Blanchard (Madeleine Sophie Armand) aéronaute née vers 1778 [de...

Half-length portrait of French balloonist, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand Blanchard. Tissandier collection. Reference copy in LOT 3844.

La pensée s'élève, le souvenir demeure

Collecting card shows balloon flying over a bridge and waterway as letters fall from the balloon basket to birds on ground below. Tissandier collection.

[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

Tableau des services postaux aériens. Offert gracieusement par l'"Indi...

Text-only broadside describes air mail postal services provided by balloon. Tissandier collection.

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, head-and-shoulders portrait] / ...

"Portrait de Gaston Tissandier. Gravure sur bois de Smeeton Tilly d'après une photographie. Collection Gaston Tissandier" inscribed next to portrait. Tissandier collection.

Aventures de Bavolet, Tissandier Collection, France

French adventure comic shows Bavolet, a sailor, traveling by balloon to an unknown country ("Inconnu") where the animals behave like humans. A pair of rabbits seems friendly, then the female tries to stab him, ... More

[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.

L'Aigle et la Colombe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card shows boy wearing a crown sitting outside with a girl in a white dress. A balloon flies in the distance. Text below title: Notre aigle donc, lassè des cieux. Descend sur un rocher, près de lui vient se re... More

Aéronautique militaire, 37e régiment d'aviation du Maroc - engagements...

Text only broadside requests that men with experience in a variety of occupations volunteer to join the aeronautics corps for service in Morocco. A red and blue stripe runs diagonally across the text. Tissandi... More

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. Tissandier collection.

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

Sic itur ad astra. Rodolfo Afflitto da Montefiascone, un ciccio ad inc...

Italian cartoon shows a man sitting on an upside-down balloon labeled "Prefettura di Napoli," using the balloon basket as a parachute. Illus. from an unidentified periodical. Tissandier collection.

Départ du Marquis de le Guillois / A. Bonnard.

French caricature shows the "Marquis de le Guillois," possibly the publisher or editor of "Le hanneton," departing in a balloon and dropping an envelope sealed with a cockchafer or maybug ("le hanneton"). Among... 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

Aviation, études, essais et inventions qui, sans résourdre le problème...

Design drawings for a man-powered flying machine with manually controlled wings entitled, "Vélocipède aérien," proposed by Jean Jacques Bourcart, Paris, August, 1866. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.)... 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.

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

Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...

Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More

Nadar / And. Gill., Nadar Collection 1850-1910

French caricature of photographer and balloonist Nadar hanging onto the rope netting around a balloon which appears to have lost its basket. Illus. in: La lune, no. 65, 2 juin 1867, cover. Tissandier collection.

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

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.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section, with balloon tethered in position Tissandier collection.

Projet dʹenceinte pour gonflement dʹaerostat / J. Chavoutier, architec...

Design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section. 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

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...

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

[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

Emblêmes patriotiques / J. Bocquin, lith.

Print intended to arouse citizen resistance during the Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Shows a female figure (Liberty?) carrying a sword standing between two shields. One shield has the motto "Nʹoublie pas 1870, tra... More

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

Defilé de la Cm. d'aerostiers 187... C. Morel

Drawing shows a parade with one of the balloons used in the Siege of Paris (1870-71) and a group from the Compagnie des aerostiers militaires, with officials in a reviewing stand in the foreground. (Source: A.G... More

Les gardes nationaux d'Heurteauville gardant le "Jean Bart" au clair d...

Drawing shows the tethered balloon "Jean Bart" being guarded at night under moonlight by five Heurteauville military guards during the Siege of Paris, November 8, 1870. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More

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

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

Siège de Paris. Au Bastion / Draner, del. et lith.

Print shows military life at French fort, "Bastion" no. 95," during the Siege of Paris, 1870. A balloon flies over the fort in the distance. Tissandier collection.

Léon Gambetta / Yves & Barret, sc. ; And. Gill.

French caricature of Léon Gambetta, French republican statesman, leaning on the back of a chair and looking up at vignettes of himself. He escaped the Siege of Paris in the balloon, "L'Armand Barbes" October 7,... More

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.

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