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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 The First Air Voyage in North America Object Ascension of a Montgolfier Balloon Object The Battle of Fair Oaks 1862 Object Print, Lithograph on Paper Object Aerostation out at the Elbows-or The Itinerant Aeronaut Object Sunday in Paris Object The Grand Republican Object Aerial Machine Object Ornithopter Object Steam Airliner Object Moon Machine Object Fall of Icarus Object Painting, Oil on board Object City of New York Balloon Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, Lithograph on Paper, Hand Colored Object Vol a-tire d'ailes Object Philadelphia 1793 Object Mr. Arnold, the Unsuccessful Aerial Adventurer Object Various Balloons with the Methods Object Hobart Balloon Ascension Object Six Balloon Prints Object Balloon Park The Only Enterprise of This Kind in America Object Balloon Poster Wall Object Selected filters: Place: United States of America