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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.
  -          Smithsonian Archives - History Div        Thaddeus Lowe's Balloon Ascent 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Zambeccari Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Montgolfier Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Clowns with Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Plaque 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Plaque 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Great Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An Air Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Plaque 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Montgolfier Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Capsule, Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Ascension 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An Air Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Plaque 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon Plaque 
-          National Air and Space Museum        An Air Balloon 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        The Balloon 'Buffalo' 
-          Smithsonian Libraries        The balloon polka = L'aëronaute A. Wallerstein 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Balloon Ascent Over Tokyo Bay 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Untitled: Balloon. One of set of balloon prints for children. 
-          Smithsonian Archives - History Div        Balloon in Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Gondola, Balloon, Don Piccard 
-          National Air and Space Museum        How Balloons Fly Demonstration 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Basket, Balloon, Wicker 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Balloon with Gondola and Sails 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Early Balloon Ascension 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Ascent of the Great Montgolfier Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        One of Blanchard's Experimental Balloons 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The Descent of the Air Balloon 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Textile, Fabric, Balloon Print 
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