National Air and Space Museum Archives
Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection
Kendall, Evelyn Way
NASM.2015.0053
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4.41 Cubic feet
8 boxes; 1 map folder
1783-1969
The Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection documents early aeronautical history from the 18th century to the 1960s in art, prints, photographs, posters, manuscripts, and ephemera.
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Wilbur Wright at Camp d'Auvours, France, during Wright's European tour, 1908-1909. NASM-9A14565.
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Preferred Citation
Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection, Acc. 2015.0053, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Archives of the Norfolk Charitable Trust, Gift, 2015, 2015.0053
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Allan Janus, 2018.
Biographical / Historical
The Evelyn Way Kendall Early Aviation and Balloon Collection documents early aeronautical history from the 18th century to the 1960s. From the early 1920s to the 1960s, Evelyn Way Kendall amassed over 1,000 works of art, prints, photographs, posters, objects, manuscripts, books, and ephemera documenting the history of flight. The artworks and archival material in her collection convey a sense of the wonder and excitement experienced by those who witnessed the birth of flight during the ballooning era, and at the dawn of powered flight in the 20th century.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight boxes of material, comprising approximately 4.41 cubic feet of material, consisting of works on paper – photographs, sheet music, broadsides and handbills, postcards, trade cards, newspapers and magazines. Fine art – paintings, prints and engravings, and objects – were retained in the National Air and Space Museum's Art Collection.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by size of the collection material, from small to large.
Aeronautics in art
Aeronautics -- History
Ballooning
Balloons -- History
Joseph Dixon of Birmingham, England; MS journal, Mistellaneous [sic] Collection of Pieces on Various Subjects, in Prose and Verse, by Joseph Dixon, for the Year 1811. Includes account and drawings of "the nineteenth ascent of Mr. [James] Sadler"
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August 29, 1811
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Joseph Dixon of Birmingham, England; MS journal, "Mistellaneous [sic] Collection of Pieces on Various Subjects, in Prose and Verse, by Joseph Dixon, for the Year 1811". Includes account and drawings of "the nineteenth ascent of Mr. [James] Sadler"
Orville Wright autograph on Western Society of Engineers Annual Meeting and Dinner Program
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June 1, 1927
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Drawings and specifications for a dirigible with ballonet by Georges Varoy
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undated
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Drawings and specifications for a dirigible with ballonet by Georges Varoy. No date
Technical drawing of Aérodynostat hangar by Augt. H. Van De Kerckhove for Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)
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June 21, 1902
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Technical drawing of Aérodynostat hangar by Augt. H. Van De Kerckhove for Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon)
Letter from Mrs Mary Johnstone, Southwood Hill, Highgate, describing Lunardi's balloon landing on a meadow belonging to an ancestor, Ambrose Proctor, 1784-1786
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January 1, 1864
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"National Air Mail Week" stamped envelope with cachet souvenir insert, Slatersville, Rhode Island. Postmarked
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May 19, 1938
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Three invitations – Inter City Airlines display of the Stinson Reliant, 1938; Pan American Airways christening of the Yankee Clipper, 1939; Pan American World Airways christening of the Jet Clipper America, 1958
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Engraved invitation with illustration of balloon to attend the ascension of the balloon
Horla
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1887
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Handbill with illustration – Royal Gardens, Vauxhall; Robert Green's Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon ascent
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August 14, 1837
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Handbill with illustration - Royal Gardens, Vauxhall; Robert Green's Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon ascent
Handbill with illustration – Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, Grand Day and Evening Fete, Ascent of the Nassau Balloon
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August 13, 1838
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Handbill with illustration – Royal Gardens, Vauxhall; balloon race between Charles Green and his brother
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August 13, 1835
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Handbill with illustration - Royal Gardens, Vauxhall; balloon race between Charles Green and his brother
Handbill with illustration – Royal Pavilion Gardens, Grand Balloon Ascent by Mr. R. Orton in the Princess Alexandra balloon
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July 17, 1865
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Handbill for Grand Dahlia Show Fete Champetre at Stafford House, Chiswick, August 21. Dropped from the Clouds by Mr. [Charles] Green
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August 14, 1839
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Handbill with illustration for the Aerial Advertiser - the Balloon or Aerostatic Magazine
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Handbill – Parody on the Huntsmen's Chorus Written by C. R*****, First Sung by Messrs. Martin, Barnet, and Rayner, In the Car appended to Mr. [Charles] Green's Balloon, While Floating in the Air, At the Eagle Tavern, City Road
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May 15, 1826
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Handbill with illustration – Coronation Balloon!!! [Charles Green's 29th ascent]
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undated
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Handbill with illustration – Coronation Balloon!!! [Charles Green's 29th ascent]
Handbill – Grand New Balloon, To Be Called The Vauxhall Royal Balloon
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September 9, 1836
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Handbill – Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, Grand Coronation Gala – ascent of Charles Green's Royal Nassau Balloon
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July 2, 1838
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6 airline brochures – Deutsche Lufthansa, Imperial Airways, National Air Transport, Transamerican Airlines
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1931-1935
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Sheet of 10 US Airmail 10 cent stamps – "First Man on the Moon"
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undated
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3 holiday cards with balloon and airplane motifs
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undated
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Air Affair Restaurant menu and napkin
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Advertisement for Delprat's Vélocipède Aérien
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1890
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Advertisement for Delprat's Vélocipède Aérien
4 early aircraft documents – Delprat "Navigation Aérienne Sans Ballons" (bond offering); Delprat Machine Volant description, 1892; Delprat "Navigation Mechanique Aérienne Sans Ballons" (bond offering), Delaurier's "Navigation aérienne pyrotechnique sans ballon" (description)
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1892, undated
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Newspaper clippings on aviation
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1933
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Magazine clippings on aviation
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1924-1971
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American Heritage History of Flight brochure
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undated
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Progress of Flight comic strip
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1930-1933
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Popular Mechanics aviation articles
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1925-1928
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Popular Science Monthly aviation articles
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1929-1930
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Richard Byrd – clippings, illustrations, and ephemera
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Amelia Earhart – National Geographic article and portrait
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1932
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Charles A. Lindbergh – banquet menu, Hotel Commodore, NYC
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June 14, 1927
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Question Mark flight – Costes and Bellonte – clippings
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1930
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Illustrated London News – articles on ballooning
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1856-1859
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Illustrated Magazine of Art; articles – The Aeronaut by Adelbert Stifter; Balloons and Ballooning
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1854
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Leslie's Weekly – ballooning clippings
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1908
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St. Nicholas magazine clippings, aviation issue
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1910
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Miscellaneous undated 19th century ballooning clippings
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Miscellaneous balloon fiction and non-fiction articles, Century Magazine et al.
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1900-1910
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Photographs of Wilbur Wright and Wright aircraft, Auvours, France
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September 1908
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Photographs of Wilbur Wright and Wright aircraft, Auvours, France
Stereoviews of balloons, airships, and aircraft
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Ader Avion No.3
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1897
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Ader Avion No.3
Santos-Dumont Airship No.6 Crash, Paris
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August 16, 1901
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Portrait of Richard Byrd in civilian clothes
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Portrait of Richard Byrd in civilian clothes
Portrait of Samuel Pierpont Langley
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Photograph of Dieudonné Costes and Maurice Bellonte with officers of SS France
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circa1930
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Ascension of smoke balloon, Inter-State Fair, Bozeman, Montana
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1904
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Ascension of smoke balloon, Inter-State Fair, Bozeman, Montana
2 photographs of Charles Lindbergh and Spirit of St. Louis
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undated
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8 photographs of the Harvard Boston Aero Meet by Stuart Stevens Scott
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1910
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8 photographs of the Harvard Boston Aero Meet by Stuart Stevens Scott
33 photographic postcards of early aircraft and aviators at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet
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1910
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33 photographic postcards of early aircraft and aviators at the Harvard-Boston Aero Meet
9 photographic postcards of early aircraft
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undated
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9 photographic postcards of early aircraft
3 souvenir photo cards and one photo postcard of Charles A. Lindbergh
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2
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3 souvenir photo cards and one photo postcard of Charles A. Lindbergh
9 color postcards of aircraft
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1910-1923
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21 postcards with balloon and aircraft themes including holiday cards for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, and Halloween
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21 postcards with balloon and aircraft themes including holiday cards for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, and Halloween
9 postcards featuring balloons, airships, and aircraft
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1903-1921
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9 postcards featuring balloons, airships, and aircraft
Three postcards; seagull in flight; the White House in spring
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2
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50 Wills's cigarette cards of balloons, airships, and aircraft
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2
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50 Wills's cigarette cards of balloons, airships, and aircraft
Three trade cards – Dillon's Dry Goods; Andrée's Farewell Message – Hassan Cigarettes; German Junkers Bomber – GUM, Inc.
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Three trade cards – Dillon's Dry Goods; "Andrée's Farewell Message" – Hassan Cigarettes; "German Junkers Bomber" – GUM, Inc.
17 postcards – balloons and airships
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1904-1918
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17 postcards – balloons and airships
The Weekly Messenger (Boston) – Article on James Sadler balloon ascension
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November 4, 1814
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Prospectus for Vert's Le Poisson Volant airship
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1864
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Prospectus for Vert's "Le Poisson Volant" airship
Sheet music – Le Voyage Aerien, Grande Valse Triomphale par N. Louis. Color lithographic illustration of an aeronaut on horseback suspended from a balloon
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Sheet music – "Le Voyage Aerien", Grande Valse Triomphale par N. Louis. Color lithographic illustration of an aeronaut on horseback suspended from a balloon
Manuscript – Extract from Dr. Clarke's Travels relative to the Ascent of a Balloon within the Arctic Circle
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1818
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Handbill with illustration – Grand Balloon Ascent! Mr. Gypson's 16th ascent
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May 1, 1840
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Handbill with illustration – "Grand Balloon Ascent!" Mr. Gypson's 16th ascent
Handbill with illustration – Balloon Ascent – Mr. Gypson
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May 23, 1840
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Sheet music – Up in a Balloon from Over the Sea
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Sheet music – 4 Polkas – San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm by A. Wallerstein; lithograph cover illustration
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1846
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Sheet music – "4 Polkas – San Francisco, The Balloon, The Pleasure Train, The Storm" by A. Wallerstein; lithograph cover illustration
Sheet music – Return of Commander Byrd, Military March, Claude Hackelton. Cover illustration of parade
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1932
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Sheet music – 2 copies of Parodie du Voyage Aérien de G. Nadaud. Comic lithographic cover illustration by "Cham" (Charles Amédée de Noé)
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Sheet music – 2 copies of "Parodie du Voyage Aérien de G. Nadaud". Comic lithographic cover illustration by "Cham" (Charles Amédée de Noé)
Sheet Music – Adriatic Polka, A. Wallerstein
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3
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Sheet Music – Come Take a Trip in My Airship, Evans and Shields. Color cover illustration of airship
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3
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Sheet Music – "Come Take a Trip in My Airship", Evans and Shields. Color cover illustration of airship
Prospectus for Davidson's Gyropter or Rotary Wing Flying Machine
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1908
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Prospectus for Davidson's "Gyropter" or Rotary Wing Flying Machine
Color reproduction of 12 lantern slides of early aircraft
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3
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Admiral of the Flagship Fleet certificate given to Henry P. Kendall; American Airlines System
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July 17, 1950
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Set of 12 color reproductions of Apollo 11 Mission (AS-506) photographs; NASA Picture Set No. 4
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Set of 5 color reproductions of Apollo missions – Apollo 7- Apollo 11; NASA Picture Set No. 2
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18 stamps of early aircraft mounted on album pages
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2 photographs of the 1921 Army-Navy Bombing Trials – sinking of the Ostfriesland
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July 21, 1921
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2 photographs of the 1921 Army-Navy Bombing Trials – sinking of the Ostfriesland
[Photographic album]
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1 Photograph album
A leather bound album measuring 12.5 X 16.5 inches with 43 pages of photographs of nineteenth century ballooning, and photographic reproductions of ballooning illustrations. Pages 1 through 16 contain albumen photographs by René-Prudent-Patrice Dagron of Henry Giffard's Grand Ballon Captif in the Cour des Tuileries, Paris, 1878.
1870s
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"Le Grand Ballon Captif á Vapeur de M. Henry Giffard, cour de Tuileries - Paris 1878". Partial view of Giffard's massive captive balloon inflated, showing the cable reel in its shed and steam engine. Exposition Universelle
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1878
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"Le Grand Ballon Captif á Vapeur de M. Henry Giffard, cour de Tuileries - Paris 1878". Partial view of Giffard's massive captive balloon inflated, showing the cable reel in its shed and steam engine. Exposition Universelle
Gas generation equipment for Giffard's Ballon Captif
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1878
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Gas generation equipment for Giffard's Ballon Captif
Brass band and spectators at Giffard's Ballon Captif
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1878
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Brass band and spectators at Giffard's Ballon Captif
Cable reel installation in protective shed for Giffard's Ballon Captif
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1878
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Cable reel installation in protective shed for Giffard's Ballon Captif
Cable tensioning mechanism for Giffard's Ballon Captif with spectators
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1878
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Cable tensioning mechanism for Giffard's Ballon Captif with spectators
Giffard's Ballon Captif partially inflated with crew climbing balloon netting
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1878
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Giffard's Ballon Captif partially inflated with crew climbing balloon netting
Giffard's Ballon Captif partially inflated with crew holding lines. Ruins of the Tuileries in the background
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1878
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Giffard's Ballon Captif partially inflated with crew holding lines. Ruins of the Tuileries in the background
Giffard's Ballon Captif inflated; crew around and in the gondola. Ruins of the Palais des Tuileries in the background
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1878
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Giffard's Ballon Captif inflated; crew around and in the gondola. Ruins of the Palais des Tuileries in the background
Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered
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1878
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Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered
Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered
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1878
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Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered
Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered; cable reel shed and steam engine in foreground
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1878
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Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered; cable reel shed and steam engine in foreground
Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered. Ruins of the Palais de Tuileries in the foreground
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1878
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Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif fully inflated and tethered. Ruins of the Palais de Tuileries in the foreground
Gondola of Giffard's Ballon Captif with passengers ready for ascent
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1878
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Gondola of Giffard's Ballon Captif with passengers ready for ascent
Close up of gondola of Giffard's Ballon Captif with passengers
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1878
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Close up of gondola of Giffard's Ballon Captif with passengers
Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif with smaller balloon in foreground
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1878
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Full view of Giffard's Ballon Captif with smaller balloon in foreground
Aerial view of Paris taken from Giffard's Ballon Captif
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1878
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Aerial view of Paris taken from Giffard's Ballon Captif
Album page of four albumen photographs and three albumen photographic copies of illustrations of ballooning scenes, including Samuel Archer King's Buffalo balloon, and Washington Harrison Donaldson's Daily Graphic balloon's lifeboat
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Album page of four albumen photographs and three albumen photographic copies of illustrations of ballooning scenes, including Samuel Archer King's "Buffalo" balloon, and Washington Harrison Donaldson's "Daily Graphic" balloon's lifeboat
Album page of two albumen photographs - left, Carnival balloon surrounded by a crowd on a city street - possibly Samuel Archer King's King Carnival balloon, 1877. Right, unidentified balloon with spectators
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Album page of two albumen photographs - left, "Carnival" balloon surrounded by a crowd on a city street - possibly Samuel Archer King's "King Carnival" balloon, 1877. Right, unidentified balloon with spectators
Album page of five albumen photographs of Samuel Archer King's Buffalo balloon
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circa 1875
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Album page of five albumen photographs of Samuel Archer King's "Buffalo" balloon
Albumen photograph of an unidentified balloon being inflated with a large crowd in attendance. Possibly an ascent by the American balloonist Washington Harrison Donaldson
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circa 1875
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Albumen photograph of an unidentified balloon being inflated with a large crowd in attendance. Possibly an ascent by the American balloonist Washington Harrison Donaldson
Albumen photograph of a man, possibly the balloonist Washington Harrison Donaldson, standing in a boat mounted on a wagon with several policemen standing to the right of the boat. Lettering on the boat reads "Built [for] the Balloon Expedition of the Daily Graphic ... Ingersoll 159 South St. N.Y."
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circa 1873
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Albumen photograph of a man, possibly the balloonist Washington Harrison Donaldson, standing in a boat mounted on a wagon with several policemen standing to the right of the boat. Lettering on the boat reads "Built [for] the Balloon Expedition of the Daily Graphic ... Ingersoll 159 South St. N.Y."
Albumen photograph of a large circus tent with a group of men and boys gathered around the entrance. Possibly taken at an ascension by the aeronaut Washington Harrison Donaldson, or during the inflation of the Daily Graphic balloon
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circa 1873
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Albumen photograph of a large circus tent with a group of men and boys gathered around the entrance. Possibly taken at an ascension by the aeronaut Washington Harrison Donaldson, or during the inflation of the Daily Graphic balloon
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's Queen of the Air balloon alighting on the surface of a body of water with three men in the basket, as two men in a rowboat approach
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's "Queen of the Air" balloon alighting on the surface of a body of water with three men in the basket , as two men in a rowboat approach
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon with a large rip in its envelope landing on a creek. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon with a large rip in its envelope landing on a creek. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights.
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a Samuel Archer King's Buffalo balloon in flight over water
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a Samuel Archer King's "Buffalo" balloon in flight over water
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a farmer and his alarmed looking family greeting two men. A balloon can be seen in the background. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a farmer and his alarmed looking family greeting two men. A balloon can be seen in the background. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight moored to a sailing ship with its drag rope. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight moored to a sailing ship with its drag rope. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon, surrounded by clouds, in flight over mountains. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon, surrounded by clouds, in flight over mountains. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over dense woods. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over dense woods. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a two passengers in a balloon in flight over a landscape of hills and fields. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a two passengers in a balloon in flight over a landscape of hills and fields. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting the balloon Queen of the Air landing in water as sailboats close in. On July 4, 1861, Samuel Archer King's Queen of the Air balloon, piloted by Seth Simmons, Jr. and accompanied by E. B. Haskell, a reporter for the Boston Herald, took off from Boston. They were blown out to sea and came down in Massachusetts Bay off Nahant, where they were rescued by the schooner Atlantic and the yacht Mist
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July 4, 1861
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting the balloon "Queen of the Air" landing in water as sailboats close in. On July 4, 1861, Samuel Archer King's "Queen of the Air" balloon, piloted by Seth Simmons, Jr. and accompanied by E. B. Haskell, a reporter for the Boston Herald, took off from Boston. They were blown out to sea and came down in Massachusetts Bay off Nahant, where they were rescued by the schooner "Atlantic" and the yacht "Mist"
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting three men in a balloon basket in flight. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting three men in a balloon basket in flight. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over a farm. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over a farm. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over a forest. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon in flight over a forest. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon landing on the shore of a body of water. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon landing on the shore of a body of water. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon attached by a line to a small steam boat; one of the aeronauts is going down the line hand over hand. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon attached by a line to a small steam boat; one of the aeronauts is going down the line hand over hand. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's Star Spangled Banner balloon landing roughly on the shore; one of the aeronauts has fallen from the balloon basket. Star Spangled Banner was lost in Boston Harbor on a flight on July 9, 1862
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's "Star Spangled Banner" balloon landing roughly on the shore; one of the aeronauts has fallen from the balloon basket. "Star Spangled Banner" was lost in Boston Harbor on a flight on July 9, 1862
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon landing on a hill, tethered by a rope to a tree, Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a balloon landing on a hill, tethered by a rope to a tree, Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting six men in a canoe traveling down a river. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting six men in a canoe traveling down a river. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's Star Spangled Banner balloon over a farm with men holding the drag rope - one man is being carried aloft by the rope
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting Samuel Archer King's "Star Spangled Banner" balloon over a farm with men holding the drag rope - one man is being carried aloft by the rope. "Star Spangled Banner" was lost in Boston Harbor on a flight on July 9, 1862
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a deflated balloon caught in a tree. The aeronaut is climbing out of the basket. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a deflated balloon caught in a tree. The aeronaut is climbing out of the basket. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Two albumen photographic copies of ballooning illustrations. Left - an aeronaut descends from the basket of a balloon caught in a tree. Right - a balloon in flight over a scenic landscape. Possibly illustrations of Samuel Archer King balloon flights
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Two albumen photographic copies of ballooning illustrations. Left - an aeronaut descends from the basket of a balloon caught in a tree. Right - a balloon in flight over a scenic landscape. Possibly illustrations of Samuel Archer King balloon flights
Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a deflated balloon caught in a tree. An aeronaut is climbing the balloon netting; other passengers are in the basket. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
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Albumen photographic copy of an illustration depicting a deflated balloon caught in a tree. An aeronaut is climbing the balloon netting; other passengers are in the basket. Possibly an illustration of one of Samuel Archer King's balloon flights
Sébillot 1893 Aerial Velocipede – Albumen photograph
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May 20, 1893
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Sébillot 1893 Aerial Velocipede – Albumen photograph
Claude Grahame-White and H. Stanley Guy Lewin in Graham-White's aircraft – mounted photograph
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Claude Grahame-White and H. Stanley Guy Lewin in Graham-White's aircraft – mounted photograph
Zeppelin LZ VI, large postcard
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Balloon ascension of Louis and Jules Godard, Saint-Cloud, Paris – photograph
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1866
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Balloon ascension of Louis and Jules Godard, Saint-Cloud, Paris – photograph
Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg over New York City, May 19, 1937 [?] – 5 photographs [The airship Hindenburg was destroyed on May 6, 1937]
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1937
5
5
Airship LZ 129 "Hindenburg" over New York City, May 19, 1937 [?] – 5 photographs [The airship "Hindenburg" was destroyed on May 6, 1937]
Ballooning articles from magazines
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5
6
Aviation illustrations from magazines
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1930s
5
7
Miscellaneous aviation articles and clippings
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5
8
The Graphic – Airship R101 crash
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1930
5
9
Charles A. Lindbergh – magazine portrait and caricature
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1927
1932
5
10
Charles Lindbergh, Jr. kidnapping – wanted poster
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March 1932
5
11
Charles Lindbergh, Jr. kidnapping – wanted poster
Navy NC transatlantic flight – Leslie's Weekly article
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1919
5
12
Magazine articles on aviation
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1930-1940
5
13
Samuel Langley Aerodrome newspaper article – Uncle Sam will Try and Construct an Airship
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circa 1898
5
14
Le Voyage Aérien, Jules Lefort; Album Gustave Nadaud – sheet music
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5
15
"Le Voyage Aérien", Jules Lefort; Album Gustave Nadaud – sheet music
Aerospace advertisement artwork by Keith Ferris. Lithograph mounted on card
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5
16
Broadside – Stadium Flat & Hurdle Races, Cremorne House, Monday, August 17, in Aid of Distressed Polish Exiles… Balloon Ascent by Mr. Charles Green
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5
17
Advertising broadside – Ballon Porte-Montre, Le Ballon Dirigeable – pocket watch holder
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5
18
Advertising broadside – "Ballon Porte-Montre, Le Ballon Dirigeable" – pocket watch holder
Harper's Weekly article – The Bird-Men Migrate to California - Los Angeles International Air Meet, Dominguez Field, January 10-20,1910
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January 29, 1910
5
19
Les Aëronautes, Barcarolle Aërienne, Musique de Th. Labarre – sheet music, lithographic illustration of a balloon in flight
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5
20
"Les Aëronautes, Barcarolle Aërienne, Musique de Th. Labarre" – sheet music, lithographic illustration of a balloon in flight
Print of a drawing of a balloons, birds, and parachute; letter from the Office Aéronautique, Paris with letterhead using a detail from the drawing
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1873
5
21
Aeronautic Association printed stock prospectus
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1835
5
22
Aeronautic Association printed stock prospectus
Société Anonyme Ballons Captifs Transportables bond certificate with coupons
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1891
5
23
Société Anonyme Ballons Captifs Transportables bond certificate with coupons
The Second Ascension of Mr, Graham, in the Great Magnificent Balloon – broadside with engraving of balloon. George Graham and Captain Henry Beaufoy's ascent
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June 17, 1824
5
24
"The Second Ascension of Mr, Graham, in the Great Magnificent Balloon" – broadside with engraving of balloon. George Graham and Captain Henry Beaufoy's ascent
Newspaper articles on aviation
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1931-1934
5
25
Die Rettung newspaper. Vienna
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March 1929
5
26
…Republican newspaper clipping, July 7, 1859 – John Wise's Atlantic balloon flight, St. Louis – Henderson, NY
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July 1, 1859
5
27
Yankee Farmer – article on Holland balloon
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August 8, 1840
6
1
Articles and clipping on ballooning and balloonists – Charles Green, Thaddeus Lowe, John Wise, Nadar, Petin, Pilâtre de Rozier
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1842-1865
6
2
Pictorial Times. Article on Henson Aerial Steam Carriage
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1843
6
3
Illustrated London News – Gypson's balloon
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July 10, 1847
6
4
Sandwich Observer (Massachusetts) - Poitevin balloon ascent
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August 3, 1850
6
5
Ballooning Ordinary and Extraordinary, clipping from unknown publication
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September 14, 1852
6
6
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe balloons – articles
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1859-1862
6
7
L'Univers Illustré; Montgolfier
L'Aigle
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February 17, 1864
6
8
Grande Fête Équestre et Aérostatique, Champ-de-Mars program
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1865
6
9
Illustrated London News; Coxwell's Research balloon ascent
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October 21, 1865
6
10
Every Saturday; French balloon night ascent, Siege of Paris
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February 18, 1871
6
11
"Every Saturday"; French balloon night ascent, Siege of Paris
P.T. Barnum Roman Hippodrome Advance Courier
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1875
6
12
"P.T. Barnum Roman Hippodrome Advance Courier"
Illustreret Tidende (Copenhagen); Fanny Godard accident
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July 21, 1878
6
13
Scientific American Supplement; rescue of Belgian military aeronauts
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October 6, 1888
February 22, 1890
6
14
Articles on Salomon August Andrée's 1897 Arctic balloon expedition in Swedish and English
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bulk 1896-1931
6
15
Articles on Alberto Santos-Dumont
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1901-1904
6
16
Articles on the Wright brothers
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1909-1915
6
17
Cartoons, humor on balloons and airplanes
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1851-1913
6
18
Cartoons, humor on balloons and airplanes
American and British articles on ballooning
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1870-1905
6
19
German magazine articles on balloons, airships, and airplanes
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1892-1910
6
20
Zeppelin articles in English and German
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1906-1916
6
21
Articles on balloons in the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War, 1906
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6
22
Articles on military balloons, airships, airplanes
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1907-1918
6
23
Articles on airships and airplanes
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1909-1930
6
24
Unbound scrapbook pages – ballooning clippings
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bulk 1784-1838, 1921
7
1
Scrapbook album – reproductions of 19th century color prints on balloons, airships, and flying machines; color reproductions of aircraft
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1920-1939
7
2
Scrapbook album – balloon engravings from 19th century publications; early parachutes; reproductions of ballooning prints
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7
3
Scrapbook album – News clippings, magazine illustrations, photographs of balloons and airships; aircraft, Lindbergh
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1904-1939
7
4
Scrapbook album – Clippings and engravings from 19th century publications – Civil War, Franco-Prussian War, military and scientific ballooning
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7
5
Aeronauts' visiting cards mounted on board – Gaston Tissandier, Louis Béreau, Clément Ader, L. Malécot, Georges Bans, Maurice Mallet, Louis Godard, Fanny Godard, L. Giroud, Théodore Mangin
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8
1
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the Moon, Apollo 11 – photo lithograph
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July 20, 1969
8
2
Boston Herald – Samuel Archer King's Queen of the Air and Star Spangled Banner balloon flights
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July 6, 1861
8
3
Balloon ascension and accident of Mr. Harris and Miss Stocks – newspaper clippings
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May 25, 1824
8
4
Première Ascension aérostatique du Ballon Le Pole Nord – poster
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8
5
Wit and Wisdom - illustrated newspaper article and editorial – How "Professor" Baldwin Leaps from the Clouds; A Degrading Exhibition
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September. 29, 1888
8
6
The Portsmouth Journal (Portsmouth NH) – Charles Durant balloon ascension
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June 8, 1833
8
7
Illustrated London News – William Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage
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April 1, 1843
8
8
Frank Leslie's Christmas Pictorial for 1858 – David and Martha Ann Harvey's accidental ascension in Silas Brooks' balloon
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September 17, 1858
8
9
Daily Graphic – Washington Harrison Donaldson's Daily Graphic balloon flight
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September 10, 1873
8
10
Charles A. Lindbergh – reports on NY-Paris transatlantic flight, Boston Globe, Boston Sunday Globe and Boston Traveler
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May 21-22, 1927
8
11
Lindbergh Kidnapping - Boston Globe, Boston Daily Record, Boston Herald.
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May, 1932
8
12
Lindbergh Kidnapping - articles on Hauptmann trial and execution
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1935-1936
8
13
New York Times – Pangborn and Herndon Miss Veedol Trans-Pacific Flight
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October 11, 1931
8
14
American Weekly article – Every Man His Own Flying Machine
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1932
8
15
New York Herald Tribune, articles on solar eclipse, Navy airship Macon, Jean Piccard Century of Progress stratospheric balloon gondola
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1932-1933
8
16
New Jersey Bell article Aviation is Depicted in Newark Museum Exhibition
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February 1933
8
17
New York Herald Tribune – Airship Hindenburg over New York City and at Lakehurst, New Jersey
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May 17, 1936
8
18
Articles on Howard Hughes' July 1938 round-the-world flight
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8
19
Norwood [Massachusetts] Free Press – Throngs See Take Off of First Air Mail Flight From Airport Yesterday. First airmail flight from Norwood-Canton Airport
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May 20, 1938
8
20
Montreal Daily Star – Invasion Threat Recalls Napoleon's 1803 Dream
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March 29, 1941
8
21
Boston Globe and Boston Herald articles on ballooning and aviation
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1927-1941
8
22
New York Times – Rescue of Navy balloonists, Lieutenants Farrell, Hinton, and Kloor
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January 16, 1921
8
23
Boston Sunday Post, May 24, 1931 – Thrilling Features of Boston's Aerial "War"; January 2, 1938 – All Aboard for Europe in Non-Stop Flight of Only 20 Hours – flying boats
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8
24
Newspapers – miscellaneous non-aviation articles
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1932-1938
8
25
Broadside, colored wood engraving – GRAND ASCENSION OF THE MILLER TABERNACLE! – Miller in his Glory, Saints and Sinners in one great CONGLOMERATION! - FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY – Here endeth the End of the World and the Grand Tableau of October 22d, 1844. Satirical commentary on the "Great Disappointment" of the Millerite movement
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1844
1
36.042.02.11
Broadside, colored wood engraving – "GRAND ASCENSION OF THE MILLER TABERNACLE! – Miller in his Glory, Saints and Sinners in one great CONGLOMERATION! - FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY – Here endeth the End of the World and the Grand Tableau of October 22d, 1844". Satirical commentary on the "Great Disappointment" of the Millerite movement