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Balloons as pictured in the collections from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Cooper Hewitt, National Postal Museum, and National Museum of Asian Art. For more, check out early flight at the National Air and Space Museum or read about exploring science in a balloon.
  -          National Postal Museum        19c Hot Air Balloon booklet single 
-          National Air and Space Museum        International Air Races and Gordon Bennett Balloon Race 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Balloon (Daily Flash, Quicksilver Messenger Service...Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California 11/18/66-11/19/66) 
-          Smithsonian Libraries        Dat heabenly balloon song and chorus words by Chas. A. Pusey ; music by Harry Braham 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Unknown Title: Balloon Landing in Water. One of a series of 4 images of flight and fall of balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Unknown Title: Balloon and gondola aloft over mountains. One of a series of 4 images of flight and fall of balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Unknown Title: Rough ascent or descent of balloon and gondola in mountains. One of a series of 4 images of flight and fall of balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        A Sky Full of Color: Live from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - STEM in 30 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Mr. Green and Capt. Curry ascended in the albion balloon, Weymouth, Dorset 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An Exact Reprefentation of Milunardi's New Balloon. As it ascended with himself 13 May 1785 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Unknown: One of a set of four prints of balloons. Observers with car and bicycle watch ascent. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall and The Fatal Descent of the Parachute 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: 'The Original Air Balloon, Vol. XV' noted in pencil on reverse 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Trial Balloon Launch at the Naval Department Training Ground at Tsukiji 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Mr. Lunardi afcending from the Artillery Ground; A Reprefentation of the manner of filling the Balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled Recto: Portrait of young woman; Verso: Balloon aloft over coastline. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Aerostation. 1 Montgolfier's Balloon. 2. Blanchard's. 3. Charles & Robert's. 4. Lunardi's. 5. Baldwin's View over the City of Chester, from Lunardi's Balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Embassy Extraordinary to Canada! (in the Royal Nassau Balloon.) Political Sketches by H.H. No. 15. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Aerostation. 1 Montgolfier's Balloon. 2. Blanchard's. 3. Charles & Robert's. 4. Lunardi's. 5. Baldwin's View over the City of Chester, from Lunardi's Balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Insignia, 2nd Balloon Company, United States Army Air Corps 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Insignia, Marine Amphibious Corps Balloon Barrage, United States Marine Corps 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Ascent of the Royal Nassau Balloon from Vauxhall with the Parachute attached. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Mrs. Graham's Balloon Ascent with the Duke of Brunswick, 22nd August 1836. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An exact Representation of M. Garnerin's Balloons, with an accurate View of The Ascent and Descent of the Parachute. 
-          National Postal Museum        44c New Mexico Flag, Mountains and Hot Air Balloons single 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Japanese scene with one man ascending with a balloon and another man descending in a parachute 
-          National Air and Space Museum        1785 Mr. Baldwin ascended at Chester in Lunardi's balloon and descended at Bellair Farm in Ringsly 12 miles from Chester. Several persons assembled from the Farm and helped him to pack up his car and balloon. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        1839 Mr. Hampton ascended at Canterbury when the Balloon not being sufficiently buoyant the intrepid Hampton cut away the car to lighten the Balloon and he ascended standing on the hoop to which the ropes were attached and descended in safety. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        View of the Ascent of Mr. Lunardi's celebrated air Balloon from the Artillery Ground Septr. 15th 1784. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Reproduction of "A view of the Balloon & Car with Mr. Sadler on his way from Dublin across the Irish Channel to England 1812" 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An Exact Model of The Vauxhall Royal Balloon,...First ascent, with 9 Persons, made from Vauxhall September 9th, 1836. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Natives of Torneȁ Lapmark, afsembled sic at Enontekis, to witnefs sic the launching the first Balloon within the Arctic Circle. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An exact representation of Mr. Sadlers Balloon by which he ascended from the Mermaid at Hackney in Middlesex 
-          National Air and Space Museum        A Representation of Mr. Lunardi's Balloon from ye Artillery Ground, London May 13, 1785. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        A view of the Balloon & Car with Mr. Sadler on his way from Dublin across the Irish Channel to England 1812 
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