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No. 423. Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks.
No. 427. Prof. Lowe Reconnoitering at Battle of Fair Oaks, and telegraphing to McClellan’s headquarters.
Prof. Ivy Baldwin at Mid-Summer Fair, San Francisco, Calif’n 1894-Capacity of Balloon Car-20 People. Baldwin & Sherman Steam Captive Balloon. Blank certificate for certifying a person’s ascension in the balloon. “Ivy Baldwin Aeronaut, San Francisco” stamp on verso.
Balloon Ascension, Warsaw, Indiana. Advertising stamp of “Harry Oram’s Wagon & Carriage Shop.”
This is Professor’s Myers’ Gates mansion near Frankfort, NY known as the “balloon farm.” One balloon “Carlotta” named after his wife’s stage name.
Balloonist superimposed on balloon, Winthrop, Iowa. Written on verso “Taken in the year of 1896 the 7th Day of May.”
Garden of Luxembourg, Paris. Surprise Balloon. Tinted. This is a back lit post of the image below.
No. 144. Vue Instantanee de la Fete de Saint-Cloud. Ascension du ballon. Paris. Back lit version of image below.
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.