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Portrait of Balloonist Herman D. Squires.
Brady’s Album Gallery. No. 424. Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid from Gas in Balloon Constitution.
Eugene-Pierre Godard (1827-1890) and one of his brothers, probably Jules Godard (1838-1895). Both were famous balloonists.
The balloon Armand-Barbes during the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Gamletta’s escape from Paris (French interim minister). (D)
Backmark of Prof. S.A. King’s Photograph Rooms. He was an aeronaut and a photographer as well as other things.
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.