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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 Rural and Musical Fete at Basford Park Object Aerostation Object Rocket Practice in the Marshes Object The First Carriage, The Aerial Object The Descent of the Air Balloon Object The Ascent of the Aerial Balloon Object The New London Bridge Object An Elevated Subject Object The March of Intellect Object Prime Bang up at Hackney Object Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting Object The Descent of the Air Balloon Object Fowls of a Feather Flock Together Object Print, Aquatint on Paper Object An Air Balloon Object Henson-Stringfellow Aerial Steam Object Selected filters: Place: United Kingdom