The Birth of the Balloon

Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, carrying the first human beings into the air in the closing months of 1783. Collection celebrating the invention and early history of the balloon.

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 Montgolfier in the Clouds-Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grande Monarque Object Fairburn's Characters Object The Great Balloon, or Whig Aerostation Object The First Air Voyage in North America Object Ascension of a Montgolfier Balloon Object The Battle of Fair Oaks 1862 Object Premier Voyage Aërien Object Mgt. le Duc de Chartres et Mr. le Duc de Fitz Jame Object Le Ballon enflâmer, ou la grande troupe des Animaux curieux qui ont fait le divertissement de la Ville et de la Cour Object Nous somme ici en admirant Le depart du Vaisseau volant Object M. Deghen, ou Experience du vol à tire-d'aile au Jardin de Tivoli Object L'Attente trompée. La première fois passe, la seconde doit, et la troisième (Paye) Object Vol-au Vent ou le Patissier d'Anières Object Figurative Representation of the Late Catastrophe Object Print, Lithograph on Paper Object March of Intellect Object Montgolfier in the Clouds-Constructing of Air Balloons for the Grande Monarque Object Aerostation out at the Elbows-or The Itinerant Aeronaut Object Mésaventures, No. 1 Object The Flight of Fashion Object Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting Object Political Playbill No. 15. The First Voyage of the Aerial Ship to H--L by Steam Object The Fall of Phaeton. Blow up of the Whig club or the Majesty of the People Object L'Age d'Or Object