Hot Air Balloons

Globe aërostatique. Dédié à Monsieur Charles. Cette machine est repres...

Jacques Alexandre César Charles departs Nesle, France after the landing of the first hydrogen balloon flight from Paris on December 1, 1783. Marie-Nöel Robert (on the ground at left), who accompanied Charles o... More

Depart de MM. Charles & Robert, du Jardin des Tuilleries dans leur mac...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. "Sic itur ad astra" wr... More

The great pictorial romance of the age, or, steam ship commodores & Un...

American political cartoon about the awarding of United States mail contracts. Print shows steamships (two shaped like rocking horses) and a balloon labeled "California mail balloon via Nicaragua," with discuss... More

Cremorne Gardens ... Grand Victoria fete in honour of the Inauguration...

Broadside announcing an inaugural festival for the Exhibition of All Nations, London, England, 1851. Includes a picture of the balloon "Erin-go-Bragh" to publicize an ascent by balloonist John Hampton during th... More

L'Aigle et la Colombe - Drawing. Public domain image.

Card shows boy wearing a crown sitting outside with a girl in a white dress. A balloon flies in the distance. Text below title: Notre aigle donc, lassè des cieux. Descend sur un rocher, près de lui vient se re... More

Pigeons loncés hors la nacelle / A. Tissandier.

Drawing shows two pigeons thrown from balloon during James Glaisher's test flight reaching 37,000 feet over Wolverhampton, England, Sept. 5, 1862. One pigeon is flying and the other is dead and falling. Publish... More

Up in a balloon. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

LOT subdivision subject: Balloons Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Seemuller.

[Five technical illustrations show network of ropes and apparatus for ...

Scale "Échelle de 0m.015 pour 1 mètre" on two prints. "Giffard" inscribed bottom left. Tissandier collection.

[Man posting an advertisement for "La publicité en France par Emile Me...

Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of beverage advertisement, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great transatlantic balloon voyage. The banner at the corner of Br...

Print shows a banner posted above a busy intersection advertising an Atlantic crossing by the balloon, "The Daily Graphic," which was sponsored by the New York Illustrated Graphic. The crossing attempt on Octo... More

La ville de Calais / J. Duruof, Pau, 4 février 1875 ; lith. Veronese, ...

Print shows the French balloon "La Ville de Calais" with several passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and two or three others, standing in the basket. Scale: Echelle de 25 mill. pour 1 mêtre 1/40. Prin... More

Mr. Henry Giffard's balloon at the Tuilleries

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman seated sidesaddle on a horse attached to an ascending balloon a...

Tissandier collection. Public domain image of a balloon aerostat, early aeronautics, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

I volatori. Les messieurs qui volent

Italian political cartoon shows a large balloon ("Politica") in the shape of a man ready to gobble up the moon ("Oriente") defended by a man ("Turco") holding a fork. Other armed men representing the nations of... More

[Gaston Tissandier, French balloonist, full-length portrait standing i...

"Alt. 2000 m., au dessus de la fort de Cricy, a Monsieur Gaston Tissandier [...] du votre ascension du 26 juin 1886, Maurice [...]" inscribed upper left corner of image. Tissandier collection.

[Aerial view of Paris, France, from a balloon, showing the Seine River...

Forms part of: Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards, individually captioned and numbered; issued as "Collection 476," "2ème série." French captions on each card. Tissandier collection. Exhibited: "The Dream of Flight" : American Treasure... More

Un projet de ballon dirigeable à voile et de parachute conique.

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Médailles commémoratives des premières ascensions.

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

P.W. Litchfield trophy, National Balloon Race. Close-up view of P.W. L...

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CDR J.J. McBride inspects the inside of the Navy balloon before it is ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nwef, Albuquerque State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1 Jim Preston Release Status: Released... More

Aerographer's mates launch a helium-filled weather balloon from the fa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Jeff Hilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the 437th Military Airlift Wing prepares a hot-air balloon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Keith Walker Release Status... More

A U.S. Navy hot air balloon and dozens of other balloons float over th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: LT Corinne E. Kelly Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More

Portrait satirique de Nadar, par André Gill, paru dans le n° de la Lun...

Public domain photograph of Adrien Tournachon, also known as Nadar, 19th-century France, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Adrien Tournachon, also known as... More

Projet de ballon dirigeable rotatoire de Pierre Ferrand (1835).

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

The army balloon at rest, (Prof. Lowe's) opposite Fredericksburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.69) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More

Le ballon de Lyon, nommé le de Flesselles de 120 pieds de haut sur 102...

Print shows the balloon, "Le Flesselles" ascending over Lyon, France, on January 19, 1784, carrying seven passengers including Joseph Montgolfier and Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC ... More

Le moment d'hilarité universelle ou le triomphe de MMrs. Charles et Ro...

Print shows the balloon of Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. Inset view shows propo... More

Francisco Pisauro equiti, ac D. Marci procuratori accademiarum Venete ...

Print commemorates Francesco Pisauro, knight and procurator of St. Mark, who made the first public trial in Venice of an aerostatic sphere. The three etchings show an angel blowing a horn and holding a crowned ... More

Descente de la machine aerostatique des Srs. Charles et Robert

Print shows Jacques Charles and Marie Noel Robert stepping out of their hydrogen balloon on a plain near Nesle, France after the first manned balloon flight in December of 1783. Printed text below image: Extrai... More

Vista del globo aereostatico que se hechò ante sus magesta des y su re...

Print shows Vincenzo Lunardi ascending from the Royal Palace, Madrid, January 8, 1793 with royal coat-of-arms hanging from the gondola; Lunardi's second balloon ascension in Spain. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC st... More

Exp[é]rience a[ë]rostatique faite Versailles le 19 sept. 1783

Vue d'optique shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before the royal family, September 19, 1783. A sheep, a duck and a rooster were the only pa... More

[1st human balloon ascension; balloon with Pilatre de Rozier and Marqu...

Engraving by N. de Launay, drawn by Chev. de Lorimier. Illus. in: Faujas, Descriptien de la Machine, 1783, vol. 2, frontis. Reference copy may be in LOT 4700A. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More

The English balloon and appendages in which Mr. Lunardi ascended into ...

Print shows the ascent of Vincent Lunardi from the Moorfields Artillery Grounds, London, September 15, 1784; Lunardi's first ascent and the first balloon ascent in England. He experimented with oars for navigat... More

L'Hirondelle. V. Triquet, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the balloon "L'Hirondelle V. Triquet" flying with two men on board. Tissandier collection.

Parachute renversè de Henin - Public domain book illustration

Print shows man standing in the basket of an ascending balloon which features an elaborate system of sails and a reversed parachute underneath the basket. "Page 178." Illustration from an unidentified book or p... More

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures préciss. Ascension aérosta...

Broadside announcing an ascension of the giant balloon "Le Pole Nord" from the Champ-de-Mars, Paris, June 27, 1869. Proceeds from the event, organized by balloonists Wilfrid de Fonvielle and Gaston Tissandier, ... More

[Balloon show bill] - Print, Library of Congress collection

B2586 U.S. Copyright Office. Artist: Herman G. Webber. Publisher: Gibson & Co, Cincinnati

Le blocus de Paris complainte nationale et patriotique.

Broadside shows a manned balloon labelled "Au Governement de la defense nationale, projet en l'air infaillible pour bloquement de Paris" with a magnet near the enemy's cannon. The illustrator humorously predict... More

Le grand ballon captif à vapeur de Henri Giffard dans la Cour des Tuil...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Chalet Simard, Pavilion of Bolivia, and the Pavilion of Nicaragua, wi...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Collecting cards with pictures of events in ballooning history from 1...

Sheet of 10 uncut cards; individually numbered and issued as "Collection 476", "1re série." Captions in French are printed on the verso of each card. Tissandier collection.

Another explosion at hand / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan, using the hot-air from his "speeches", to inflate a large balloon labeled "Imperialism", of President McKinley dressed as the "Emperor of USA", holding a sceptor in on... More

Wellman Lifeboat from "Trent" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Championship Balloon Cup

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.

Faïences «au ballon» (1783-1786).

Picryl description: Public domain photo of 3d object, pottery, ceramics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Le ballon de Charles et Robert. Carton de J.-B. Huet, pour la manufact...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Montgolfière de Pierre et Degabriel, à Strasbourg (1784).

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A hot air balloon is silhouetted against the setting sun during Scout ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Ken Klien Release Status:... More

As line handlers move to untie the craft, a Navy hot air balloon at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ken Hammond Release Status: Rele... More

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 22, 2012 -- The crowd gathered at the L...

The original database describes this as: Title: Lincoln Elementary School decommission ceremony Production Date: 06/22/2012 Caption: Minot, N. D. , June 22, 2012 -- The crowd gathered at the Lincoln Elementa... More

Le dirigeable République, construit par les éstablissements Lebaudy (1...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Le ballon.] Art print

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montgolfier page 45 book 2 LoC

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

[Fair Oaks, Virginia Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending with him and Captain P...

Print shows James Sadler and Captain Paget of the British Royal Navy ascending in a balloon decorated in honor of the Prince Regent's birthday, from the Mermaid Tavern gardens, Hackney, London, August 12, 1811.... More

Le tricolore, Tissandier Collection, France

Print shows the French "Le Tricolore" balloon in the colors of the French flag with three passengers, possibly Jules Duruof, his wife, and another man, standing in the basket during an ascension in Paris, June ... More

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin de...

Print shows Jacques Alexandre César Charles and Marie-Noël Robert riding in the gondola of a balloon ascending from the Tuileries Garden, Paris, France, December 1, 1783 in the first hydrogen balloon flight. (S... More

Grande ascensão, e descida em Guarda-Queda por Eugenio Robertson, hoje...

Portuguese broadside announcing an ascension by balloonist Eugene Robertson. Includes pictures of a balloon and parachutes. Tissandier collection.

Mr. Cocking's parachute - A black and white drawing of a hot air ballo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Projet de ballon remorqué par un gypaète apprivoisé, publié par Mme Te...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charles Meryon - Le Pont-au-change.

Picryl description: Public domain image, 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions

A grand balloon ascent, Batty's, Thursday, July 1st, 1852 / / Earle.

Poster shows three men and a woman holding flags while sitting in the basket of an ascending balloon labeled "Royal Hippodrom[e]" to advertise a public ascent at Batty's Grand National Hippodrome in London, Eng... More

Projet d'une traversée du pole Nord en ballon / Poyet.

Print at bottom of page shows a cross section of the basket beneath the balloon, "Le Sivel" during its expedition to the North Pole. Interior of cabin includes a central living area occupied by four men, an are... More

Aeronautics / drawn by Joseph Clement ; engraved by A.W. Warren & J. D...

Technical illustration shows early balloon designs: "Lana's aeronautic machine," Montgolfiers' balloon," "Blanchard's balloon," "Garnerin ascending [and] descending" in his parachute, the "Charles & Roberts' ba... More

Mr. Blanchard accompagné de Mr. Gefferies est parti ... entre Calais e...

Print shows Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jefferies arriving in Calais after crossing the English Channel in a hot air balloon. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings. Dollfus 40; Gibbs-Smith... More

Grandes fêtes aérostatiques le mardi 14 juillet 1868 gayant sʹélevant ...

Balloon on left identified as "Le Jupiter". Hand-colored lithograph mounted on letterpress poster. Bella C. Landauer collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

[Inflated balloon with filling apparatus attached to barrels of gas]

Mrs. Sage, the first English female aerial traveller, who ascended wit...

Half-length portrait of the first English woman to ride in a balloon.

[Spectators in an arena viewing the ascension of a balloon driven by p...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of lithograph illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La patrie est en danger / F. d'Orléans, j[ui]n 1830.

French political cartoon uses a scene from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to compare the situation surrounding the 1830 July Revolution in France to the time when l'Assemblée (the French revolutionary gove... More

By permission and under the patronage of the worshipful the mayor ... ...

Broadside announcing a balloon ascension by Richard Gypson from the Gas Works, Daventry, England, 1840. Includes a picture of a balloon in flight. Tissandier collection.

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Engraving, Public domain image

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes in open position exte... More

Domitor / H. Franco̧is. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congre...

Print shows Taillepied de La Garenne's proposed system of aerial navigation consisting of a balloon with a double parachute on a single axis capable of transporting six persons; parachutes open on an axis exten... More

Mr. La Mountain's aerial voyage - the descent of the balloon

John La Moutnain's balloon voyage with John Wise and Gager from St. Louis to Rochester, 1859.

Voyage a la lune - Drawing. Public domain image.

French cartoon shows a man riding on a bicycle-like flying machine while looking through a telescope attached to the front. Two balloons, "Veloc[ipedes]" and "Domanie," are attached at front and rear as are pro... More

Projet dʹenceinte economique pour gonflement dʹaerostat disposée dans ...

Scaled design drawing of a circular enclosed area for inflating balloons featuring underground pipe lines. Includes site plan and section.

[Scaled design drawing for the valve assembly of a balloon, including ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of decorative drawing, decor elements, art design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La Alameda de México, tomada en globe = L'Alameda de México, prise en ...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'opinion / lith Van Geleyn. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of C...

Humorous print shows a theatrical performer on an outdoor stage shooting at a balloon, labeled "L'opinion," as a man leaps from the basket and a woman clings to a rope below the basket. Band members and another... More

Grand Balloon... de Mr. Henry Giffard, 1878 - Crowd at outdoor cafe "B...

This record contains unverified data from old caption card. Tissandier Collection. Sepia photoprint by Dagron.

[Commemorative portrait of balloonists Charles Renard, Dupuy de Lôme, ...

Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gaston Tissandier dans sa nacelle. Aquarelle de Maurice Leloir (1887).

Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Palace of Fine Arts, as seen from the side, with a hot air balloon in...

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lambert balloon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crowd in stands, balloon overhead, at start of balloon race, St. Louis

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

From our balloon - Public domain dedication image

A scholarly man flies in a balloon. He holds a quill pen in hand, as he looks toward the ground through a telescope. His cargo includes a row of books and an owl, perched on the edge of the basket. Copyright ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description - Picryl description

Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Jim Van Sickle inflates his AX-7 "Raven" b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Indiana (IN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Artwork: "Observation Balloon," World War II. Artist: George Harding. ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Hot Air Balloon Jubilee Festival, Decatur, Alabama

50,000 to 100,00 people gather at Point Mallard Park to see 65 balloons fly. The balloon festival began in 1977. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. ... More

La nacelle du ballon dirigeable de Dupuy de Lôme, pendant l'expérience...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated book page scan, drawings, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.