balloon ascensions

Vista del globo areostatico qe. se hecho ante Ss. Ms. y su Rl. familia...

Print shows Vincente 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

La physique confond l'ignorance Dedié aux souscripteurs.

French cartoon shows a woman (Physics personified) whipping the bare bottom of one man (possibly Janinet) while another (possibly Abbé Miollan), walks away pulling up his trousers. In the background, men are in... More

Experience de la machine areostatique

Vue d'optique shows the Montgolfier brothers' balloon, "The Globe," ascending from Champ de Mars, Paris, France, August 27, 1783. Caption (French): Experience de la machine aréostatique de Mrs. de Montgolfier d... More

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

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

The Descent of the Air-Balloon J. Lodge sc

Fanciful depiction of the landing of Etienne Montgolfier's balloon near a cottage at Vaucresson after an eight mile flight from Paris, Septembr 19, 1783, carrying three animals in a basket. The cock, the sheep,... More

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

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

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; inset map shows locati... More

Seconds voyageurs aëriens, ou expérience de MM. Charles et Robert fait...

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; inset map shows locati... More

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

La plaisanterie confondüe ou les intrépides voyageurs

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; spectators in foregrou... More

Dédiée a Monsieur Coustard de Massi, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Mil...

Print shows "Le Suffren," the balloon of Anne-Pierre Coustard de Massy and R.P. Mouchet, ascending from Nantes, France. (Source: Le Temps des Ballons, www.perso.wanadoo.fr.)

L'ignorance prouvée. Ou les evénements de la journée du 11 juillet 178...

French cartoon ridicules the attempt of Abbé Miollan and Janinet to ascend in a hot air balloon by showing the balloon on fire and billowing smoke while being inflated on July 11, 1784 at the Luxembourg gardens... More

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

La quatorzieme expérience aerostatique de M. Blanchard accompagné du C...

Print shows the balloon of Jean-Pierre Blanchard ascending from Lille, France. Tissandier collection.

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 ...

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

Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France

Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing people in hysterics, possibly over an imminent balloon ascension by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." From the ceiling hangs a balloon ... More

Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France

Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing a scene at a failing balloon ascension, in the interests of scientific inquiry, possibly by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." Men strug... More

[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

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.)

Ludwig XVIII König von Frankreich in Paris

Print shows King Louis XVIII standing on a balcony and a crowd below watching a hot air balloon in the distance.

Ludwig XVIII König von Frankreich in Paris

Print shows King Louis XVIII standing on a balcony and a crowd below watching a hot air balloon in the distance. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Accession box no. DLC/PP-1964:R01 conta... More

Affiche des expériences aérostatiques de Jacques Garnerin, à Marseille...

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Tivoli. Le dimanche 22 aout, 1824, grand fete extraordinaire a l'occas...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat, August 22, 1824, Tivoli, Paris, at a festival on the occasion of St. Louis Day. Text indicates Margat will stand on an oblong platform below a ... 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.

Dix-neuvième ascension de Mr. Margat, l'aéronaute ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Jean Margat in France. Text includes statement by the balloonist. Includes statement by Margat: Les preuves de bienveillance et d'intérêt que j'ai reçues, ... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph ...

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. Next Tuesday, 24th July, grand day and evenin...

Text-only broadside announcing ascent of Charles Green's balloon "The "Royal Nassau" at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. Text also describes other activities including a fireworks display taking place at th... More

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.

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

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.

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

[Balloon with parachute and propellers, associated with Francesco Orla...

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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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Lettre de Victor Hugo à Gaston Tissandier, à l'occasion de ses premièr...

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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...

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

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

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

The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Br...

Print shows a banner posted above a busy intersection advertising an Atlantic crossing by the balloon, "The Daily Graphic," which was sponsored by the New York Illustrated Graphic. The crossing attempt on Octo... More

Ascension de Madame Garnerin, le 28 mars 1802

French fashion magazine caricature shows fashionably dressed spectators watching Jeanne-Geneviève Garnerin fly in a balloon. A few years earlier, Garnerin had been the first woman to ascend in a balloon without... More

La ville de Calais / J. Duruof, Pau, 4 février 1875 ; lith. Veronese, ...

Print shows the French balloon "La Ville de Calais" with several passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and two or three others, standing in the basket. Scale: Echelle de 25 mill. pour 1 mêtre 1/40. Prin... More

Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres / Albert Tissandier.

Drawing shows Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their balloon, "Zénith." (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82)

Le ballon captif de la cour des Tuileries, construit par M. Giffard, i...

Broadside announcing one of Henri Giffard's balloon ascensions in 1878 and 1879 from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the captive balloon floating over the courtyard. Tissandier collection.

Grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries / Yves & Barret,...

Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's giant captive balloon from the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris, probably during the Paris Exposition of 1878. Includes picture of the giant balloon statio... More

Le grand ballon captif des Tuileries / Yves & Barret, sc.

Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of passengers in the basket of the giant balloon. Tissandier collection.

Une alerte, place du Carrousel / Lefman, sc. ; PS.

French cartoon shows Prince Don Carlos in a heavily armed balloon that has blown off course appears about to crash into a captive balloon (possibly Henri Giffard's) at the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, France. Ill... More

Grand ballon captif a vapeur, de M. Henry Giffard [text].

Blank form for passengers to record "observations" (data) during ascents in Giffard's giant captive balloon from the Tuileries courtyard in the Paris Exposition of 1878. Tissandier collection.

Le grand ballon captif a vapeur de la cour des Tuileries (1879), M. He...

Broadside announcing the ascension of Henri Giffard's captive balloon in the courtyard of the Tuileries, Paris. Includes picture of the giant balloon with passengers in the basket.

Le captif, grand ballon à vapeur, de la Place du Carrousel

Advertisement announcing Henri Giffard's captive balloon ascension at the Place du Carrousel, Paris. Describes Giffard's previous ascension at the Tuileries in 1878 and includes a picture of a captive balloon. ... More

[Balloon with two passengers ascending over a town square, with French...

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

[Spectators watch the balloon "Le Monde" ascending over an open field]...

The same image is printed twice along a circular sheet with a scalloped edge, intended to be pasted together along one edge to form a decorative cone. Tissandier collection.

[Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending balloon a...

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

Vient de paraitre, les grandes ascensions maritimes par Wilfrid de Fon...

Advertisement for a book on balloon ascensions written by Wilfrid de Fonvielle and published in 1882 by Auguste Ghio, Paris. Includes picture of a man pulling on a rope attached to a balloon with a passenger in... More

Itinéraire - de l'ascension de nuit du 7 août 1884, de la Villette à P...

Hand-drawn map shows the route, time, and altitude of a night balloon journey in France from La Villette (Paris) southwest to Poisly, August 7, 1884. "Relevé sur les cartes d'etat major au 1/320.000." "Distance... More

Ville de Bruxelles, Parc Léopold ... dimanche 11 octobre 1885, de 2 à ...

Broadside announcing balloon ascensions conducted by Eugene Godard in his balloon "Royal-St. Marceau" from the Parc Léopold, Brussels, Belgium, 1885. Includes picture of a balloon with six passengers. Tissandi... More

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards; individually numbered and issued as "Collection 476", "1re série." Captions in French are printed on the verso of each card. Tissandier collection.

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards, individually captioned and numbered; issued as "Collection 476," "2ème série." French captions on each card. Tissandier collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasure... More

Le premier départ du Géant de Nadar, au Champ de Mars, le 4 octobre 18...

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La première ascension en province: départ de la colossale montgolfiére...

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Montgolfière de Pierre et Degabriel, à Strasbourg (1784).

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Ascension en montgolfière par Rambaud à Aix, le 31 mai 1784.

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Une ascension de fête vers 1830. Tableau á l'huile.

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Affiche des ascensions en «ballon incendiaire» de Gale à l'Hippodrome ...

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Balloon ascension. New York Sterecope Card.

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph ...

Balloon ascension. New York Sterecope Card.

New York stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph ...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Samuel Joseph ...

Tsukiji kaigunshō..., Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing foreigners gathered around a hot air balloon surrounded by a crowd of spectators. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Similar triptych print reproduced in Yokohama : prints from nineteenth... More

Tsukiji kaigunshō..., Utagawa Hiroshige - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych print showing foreigners gathered around a hot air balloon surrounded by a crowd of spectators. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Similar triptych print reproduced in Yokohama : prints from nineteenth... More

An elopement - Public domain dedication image

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

An elopement - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

An elopement - Drawing. Public domain image.

Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Mrs. Peter Grant; 1940; (DLC/PP-1940:008). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Life magazine.

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, on Monday, September 5th, 1842. Text also describes concerts and other activities taking p... More

Royal Gardens, Vauxhall ... grand illumination gala of 45,400 lamps!! ...

Text-only broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Charles Green from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, England, on Monday, September 5th, 1842. Text also describes concerts and other activities taking p... More

A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending with him and Captain P...

Print shows James Sadler and Captain Paget of the British Royal Navy ascending in a balloon decorated in honor of the Prince Regent's birthday, from the Mermaid Tavern gardens, Hackney, London, August 12, 1811.... More