Balloons & Airships

The Year Ballooning Was an Olympic Event
The 1900 Olympic Games, held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle (World’s Fair), was the only year in which ballooning was an official event.
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Black and white photo. In the center are three men dressed in suits, the two in the right wearing derbys, the middle man in a top hat. Five hot air balloons in the background. The back of a man in a suit and derby is in the foreground in the lower left corner.

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Wed, Aug 08 2018
Kiddo the Cat, Reluctant Aviator
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Vaniman and Kiddo
Sat, Jul 28 2018
Bird’s Eye Viewfinder: 160 Years of Aerial Photography
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Pidgeon Camera
Wed, Jun 06 2018
Using Science to Solve an Object Mystery
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X-Ray taken of a wooden chair carved in the form of a Zambeccari balloon.
Fri, Nov 03 2017
"Kiss Me Darling:" Conserving the Rituals of Dating and Dancing
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A photo of Lauren Gottschlich, Engen Conservation Fellow, inpainting the losses on the lid with watercolor paints.
Fri, Jun 23 2017
Famous Signatures and Detailed Artwork in the Library
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Books on a shelf.
Mon, May 08 2017
Lost Balloons: Depicting the Dangers of Early Ballooning
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Balloon crashed in ocean.
Fri, Mar 10 2017
Exploring Science in a Balloon
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Balloon floats above a small settlement with snow-covered mountains and a lake in the background.
Fri, Mar 03 2017
Balloons in War
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Cards
Mon, Feb 20 2017
The Balloon in Social and Political Satire
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Men use a balloon to evade the police.
Wed, Feb 08 2017
Celebrations in the Sky
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Balloon in city with large crowd.

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