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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 Print, Engraving on Paper Object Rescue of the Aeronauts in the North Sea Object Rural and Musical Fete at Basford Park Object Balloon Ascension at Erie Object Aerostation Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object Rocket Practice in the Marshes Object Inflation of First Hydrogen Balloon, by J. A. C. Charles Object The New Dynamite Balloon Object The Departure of a Post Balloon from Paris Object La Quatorzieme Experience Aerostatique de M. Blanchard Object The First Carriage, The Aerial Object Ballon Gulliver Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Petin's Air Propeller Object M. Santos-Dumont's Experiments in Aerial Navigation in Paris Object Globe Aërostatique Object Poisson Aerostatique Object The Descent of the Air Balloon Object Le Chateau Royal de Versailles du côté de la Grande Avenue de Paris Object Fiesta de Toros en el Aire Object Fête du Sacre et Couronnement de Leurs Majestes Imperiales Object Charles George Green Object Selected filters: Object Type: Prints Media Usage: Not determined Clear All