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, on Paper, Colored Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object Print, Lithograph on Paper Object Mr. La Mountain's Aerial Voyage-The Descent of the Balloon Object Neueste Erfindung Einen Luftballon Durch Adler Zuregieren Object Neueste Erfindung Einen Luftballon Durch Adler Zuregieren Object Prime Bang Up at the Hackney or a peep at the Balloon Object Different Systems of Sailing in the Air Object The Great Pictorial Romance of the Age Object The First Channel Crossing by Air Object La Minerve Object The Vauxhall Balloon, Phil. 1850 Object Print, on Paper, Colored Object 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 Program of the Canastota Fair Object La Boule de Neige Object Grande Fete Foraine de Montmartre Object Argenteuil Fete de la Pentecote Object Selected filters: Object Type: Works of art Set Name: National Air and Space Museum Collection Clear All