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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 Air and Space Museum        L'ascension de Tessu-Brissy a Limoges en 1786 
-          National Air and Space Museum        La Minerve 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Print, Engraving on Paper 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The First Channel Crossing by Air 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Print, on Paper, Colored 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Les Représentants en Représentation. Victor Hugo 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Ballon Aerostatique Voyageant 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Confusion des Mauvais Plaisans 
-          National Air and Space Museum        La Revanche 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Cirque d'Eté 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Plate, Ceramic, Painted 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Ascension of Le Comte D'Artois. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Print, on Paper, Colored 
-          National Air and Space Museum        The landing of J.A.C. Charles and M.N. Robert 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Une Ascension, IL Y A Cent Ans 
-          National Air and Space Museum        L'ascendion de Vincent Lonardi Venitien a Lodres en 1784. 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Print, Engraving on Paper 
-          National Air and Space Museum        L'Age d'Or 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Print, Etching on Paper, Colored 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Story the Eleventh.-Ballooning 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Un Train de Plaisir Aérien 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Jardin d'Acclimatation Ascensions Gratuites 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Fete de l'Oeuvre des Loyers 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Une Descente en Parachute 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Neueste Erfindung Einen Luftballon Durch Adler Zuregieren 
-          National Air and Space Museum        La Caisse de Balons ou Les Commis Effrayes 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Charles George Green 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Gondola, Double Eagle 2 
-          National Air and Space Museum        L'Attente trompée. La première fois passe, la seconde doit, et la troisième (Paye) 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Extrait du Journal du 21 Novembre 1783 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Globe Aërostatique, Dédié à Monsieur Charles 
-          National Air and Space Museum        La Boule de Neige 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Argenteuil Fete de la Pentecote 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Zoologischen Garten 
-          National Air and Space Museum        Grands Ballons de Nice 
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