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Balloon Ascension, Paris.
Paris warend der Belagerung. (Paris under siege). Balloon Ascension, Paris. The title notwithstanding, there is a ball-walkers’ apparatus to the left, so this is not a view of the siege of Paris.
No. 389. Champ de Mars. Ballon Nadar (Le Geant). Instantanee, a 5 heures du soir (18 octobre 1863).
Le Ballon Captif, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878. This is in front of the burnt out shell of the Tuileries Palace, set ablaze during the Paris Commune of 1871. The ruins stood until 1882. The Arch of Napoleon, just visible at right, still stands.
Le Ballon Captif, Exposition Universelle, 1878, Paris. This is in front of the burnt out shell of the Tuileries Palace, set ablaze during the Paris Commune of 1871. The ruins stood until 1882. The Arch of Napoleon, just visible at right, still stands.
Balloon Aerial near Sherburne, NY ca. 1880. This is a copy stereo transparency by Brandt Rowles.
Scene on the South Front of Alexandra Palace. Figures to extreme left: Miss E. Sweetlove & Master W.J. Fuller. August Bank Holiday 1906.
Ascent of Balloon from South Front of Alexandra Palace. Locality: Wood Green, London. Date: August (Bank Holiday) 1904.
Prof. Gaudron ascending by Balloon preparatory to descending by Parachute in the Grounds of the Alexandra Palace.
Lincoln Beachey’s Airship about to ascend, Lewis & Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1905. Lincoln Beachey, an eighteen-year old balloon pilot, made nine ascents above the exposition grounds in 1905. He operated T.S. Baldwin’s motor-driven blimps named “Angelus” and the “City of Portland.