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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 Monument of the Unfortunate Pilatre de Rozier and Romain Object The Celebrated Vincent Lunardi Object Francesco Orlandi Object Francesco Orlandi Object Ludovicus XVI Object L'Air Object Ballon de Fete Religieuse Object Le Fétu M.Le Globe Aerostatique Object The New London Bridge as it Appeared at the Opening by His Majesty William 4th. Augt. 1 1831 Object Sunday in Paris Object Print, Engraving on Paper Object Print, Etching on Paper, Hand Colored Object The Fortress Object Jubilee in St. James Park Object Bataille de Fleurus gagnée par l'Armée Française le 8 Messidor de l'an 2 Object Bataille de Fleurus gagnée par l'Armée Française le 8 Messidor de l'an 2 Object Victoire Remportee a Fleurus Object Gambetta Sort de Paris-1870 Object La Chute de Simon le Magicien Object Chute D'icare Dans la mer Icarienne Object Dédale et Icare Object Machine Aerostatique Dirigeable Object The First Carriage, the Ariel Object Das Luft Project Object