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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 An Exact Representation of the First Aerial Ship the Eagle Object Albert Tissandier and Gaston Tissandier Object Vol a-tire d'ailes Object Philadelphia 1793 Object Clowns with Balloon Object Dover Castle Object Sir George Cayley's Projected Balloon, 1816 Object John Sheldon Esqr. Object Vincent Lunardi Object Jean Pierre Blanchard Object Jean Pierre Blanchard Object Jules Duruof Object The Ariel Object Vincent Lunardi Esqr. Object Certificat d'Ascension en Ballon Libre Object Air des Fraises Object Montgolfier's Balloon in the Presence of the King and Queen Object Photo-zincograph of Balloon in Flight, 1864. Object Photo-zincograph of Le Flesselle, 1864. Object Fete du Sacre et Couronnement de Leurs Majestes Imperiales Object Mr. Arnold, the Unsuccessful Aerial Adventurer Object The Table of Events: The French Revolution Object Nuovi Stati Costituzionali, 1848. Object Various Balloons with the Methods Object Selected filters: Object Type: Works of art