The flying ship. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photographic reproduction of a 18th century etching showing an airship designed by Brazilian Jesuit Bartolomeu de Gusmão. Ship has a bird's head and feathers, a boat-like body in which a man stands looking thro... More
Utilité particuliére, du vaisseau volant Divers utilités, du vaisseau ...
Two songs illustrated with humorous pictures of men using flying machines for various purposes. The left panel shows a man fleeing from his creditors, while the four vignettes to the right depict a clergyman, a... More
Nouvelle forme de globe aërostatique. Au centre duquel est adapté pour...
Design drawing shows front and side elevations and plan of balloon with devices designed to facilitate navigation and maneuverability while in the air. Tissandier collection.
Le veritable navigateur aerien / L.J. Stoupy Bijou, invenit et delinea...
Design drawing for an airship navigational system project by Stoupy Bijou consisting of five balloons fastened to a sixty foot mast, a rudder, two 12 foot long oars, and two polygonal vanes to control the rise ... More
[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six...
Tissandier collection. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'intérieur et l'extérieur d'un bayair "Couronne de Charles X" / Pav B...
Design drawing proposed by Pav Braun shows interior and exterior views of the Bayair airship "Crown of Charles X," which was to be propelled by 20 balloons inside an enclosure and carry 15 passengers. (Source: ... More
[Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, ...
(Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC Staff, 1981-82) Tissandier collection. Public domain photograph of 19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rotary balloon, model exhibited in Class X, no. 137, by J. Luntley
Airship, designed by John Luntley, in flight over water. This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.
Histoire des ballons, et des diverses ascensions qui ont eu lieu jusqu...
Broadside depicts two airship designs conceived by Ernst (Ernest) Pétin, incorporating four spherical balloons propelled by manually operated helical screws attached to a large flat surface, the lower part prov... More
Navigation aérienne, système de M. Henri Giffard
Broadside announcing Henri Giffard's first steam powered airship design in 1852. Includes a technical drawing of his design. Tissandier collection.
Patent drawing - Aérostat dirigeable système Vaussin Chardanne, brevet...
Scaled design drawings for patent issued to Vaussin Chardanne in 1853 for an airship operated by means of six propellers and having accommodations for passengers on two levels. Airship proposal presented to the... More
Projet d'appareil, pour évaluer approximativement la force des helices...
Design drawing shows a system for steering an airship using man power to operate propellers. Includes plan and sections. Tissandier collection.
Plateforme aérienne cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Char...
Scaled design drawing shows a system for navigating an airship using propellers. Includes plans of dirigible platform body and complete platform assembly, and identification key. Tissandier collection.
Plateforme aérienne, cerf-volant libre dirigeable, système Vaussin-Cha...
Design drawing shows a system for powering an airship with manually operated propellers. Includes longitudinal views of dirigible platform assembly and identification key. Tissandier collection.
Patent drawing - Navigation aérienne. Solution dʹun grand problème par...
Scaled design drawings for a patent show Aug. Lanteigne's system of aerial navigation, which used a continuous belt of sails to achieve propulsion. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82.) Tissandier collection.
Patent drawing - Navire aérien dirigeable. Systême J.B. Métivier, forc...
Scaled design drawing for a patent submitted by J.B. Métivier shows two cross-sections for a fish shaped airship utilizing balloons, sails, bellows, and propellers to transport passengers. (Source: A.G. Renstro... More
Voiles mobile. Systém Ate. Lanteigne menuisier / [...] Mo[...], '58.
Design drawings for a system of airship navigation proposed by Aug. Lanteigne, utilizing a series of 16 balloons on a single keel. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, Library staff, 1981-82). Tissandier collection.
Salle de conférences ... Conférences experimentales sur la navigation ...
Broadside announcing a conference on flight designs by Camille Vert. Includes pictures of a lighter-than-air 'flying fish' airship and a heavier-than-air 'winged man' ornithopter. Tissandier collection.
Navire aérien, le poisson volant, inventé et exécuté par M. Camille Ve...
Broadside announcing the exhibit at the Palais de l'industrie, séances expérimentales in Paris of a fish-shaped, steam-powered airship designed by Camille Vert. Features design drawing of the airship, equipped ... More
Patent drawing - Le trans-ether, aéro-moteur de la navigation atmosphé...
Scaled design drawing for a patent of a steam paddle-wheel driven motor for dirigible navigation, designed by F. Ducroz of Boulogne, 1859. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82).
Moteur hydrostatique & a base de tous liquides à mouvement perpetuel r...
Design drawings for a hydrostatic motor capable of up to 100,000 horse power, for use in air, sea and land transportation, invented by J.B. Metivier in 1867. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82). Tissand... More
The Graf Zeppelin's rendez-vous with the eternal desert
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
[Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentif...
Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Cures d'air dans la montagne] / A. Robida.
Drawing shows an airship "Cures d'air" supporting the "Pension Bellevue" for individuals requiring medical care and floating above a mountainous region. One of the artist's conceptions for his book on life in t... More
Aérostat électrique a hélice conduit dans les airs / par M.M. Albert e...
Design drawings show several views of an electric powered airship designed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier, which made an ascension October 8, 1883 from Auteil, France. (Source: A.G. Renstrom, LC staff, 1981-82... More
Eden-concert, enl'vez l'ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numès, 17 boulev...
French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by a rudder and a propeller. The basket bears the date 1884. Tissandier collection.
A.F. Bergqvist - aerial vessel Patented Oct. 17, 1893.
Design drawing for a flying machine invented and patented by A.F. Bergqvist. Pat. no. 506,969. Sheet 1 of 3. Fig. 1. Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Fa... More
[Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, three-quarter length portrait, standing...
Alfred Hildebrandt Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition] / - Exposition Univ...
The Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, also known as the Paris World Fair of 1900, was a world's fair that was held in Paris, France from April 15 to November 12, 1900. The fair was held to celebrat... More
Discuss sale of helium to Germany. Washington, D.C., May 11. Germany's...
A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Count Gottlieb von Haeseler, 1836-1919, full-length portrait, standin...
Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Eckner and Commerce heads in conference. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Dr...
A group of three men standing next to a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le comble de la direction du ballon / dessin par Hervè Lomm.
Caricature of Brazilian scientist, Alberto Santos-Dumont (at right), discussing the control and direction of his latest airship with an unidentified Parisian gentleman at left. Santos-Dumont's dirigible no. 6 c... More
Another air-ship failure J.S. Pughe
Illustration shows the wreck of an airship labeled "High Finance" at the leading edge of storm clouds labeled "Investigation Merger Decision Law"; the crash has ruined the blades that lifted or propelled the ai... More
[East front of the U.S. Capitol, with airship (drawn?) above, Washingt...
H79813 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck, Washington, D.C. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Opening of the Panama Canal J.S. Pughe
Illustration shows a variety of boats and ships as balloon aircraft loaded with tourists and travelers floating above the Panama Canal; it is suggested that the age of aviation will render the canal obsolete. ... More
View of air ship above the White House
H79814 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by G.V. Buck, Wash., D.C. No. 6.
Willow Grove Park airships, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Amusement ride at Willow Grove Park. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[French military dirigible "République" leaving Moisson for Chalais-Me...
George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Auffahrt, Flug u. Ende des Zeppelin'schen Luftschiffes Modell 4
Three illustrations showing the fourth model zeppelin taking off at Manzell, on the morning of Aug. 4, and in flight; and wreck in Echterdingen, Germany. Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Colle... More
The air-serpent / Frank A. Nankivell 1909.
Illustration shows a large winged-serpent wearing a friendly mask, frightening the passengers aboard an airship. Caption: Which of our aerial navigators will report him first? Illus. in: Puck, v. 65, no. 1689 ... More
The consumer's only chance / Frank A. Nankivell.
Illustration shows a woman mooring an airship to the chimney on the roof of her home by the light of a full moon; on board the airship are "American Goods Bought in England" that are being smuggled into the U.S... More
The invasion of England / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows German soldiers and officers invading England by means of hot-air balloons and other types of airships; also shows German emperor William II dictating "Fall of Albion an epic poem by the Kais... More
Young Drexel's Flying School in Old England; Aviator Latham May Quit t...
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
Luftskipet "Norge 1" i Vadsø ., Vadsø, Norway
Luftskipet "Norge 1" i Vadsø . Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Little Nemo in slumberland. Ha! Ha! I see smugglers in the distance! /...
Twelve-frame comic strip shows Little Nemo and his companions, the dwarf Flip and the cannibal Impy, flying into New York in their dirigible space ship from a trip to Mars. They are intercepted by customs agen... More
Airships are getting so dreadfully commonplace / Will Crawford.
Illustration shows a two panel cartoon showing on the left, pedestrians and people in and on top of buildings looking with amazement at an airplane flying over a city; and on the right, citizens no longer take ... More
Set in their ways / L.M. Glackens.
Illustration shows an old man labeled "Republican Reactionary" and an old woman labeled "Democratic Reactionary" standing together, looking up at a dirigible labeled "Progressive Policies". Caption: "Well, the... More
A dirigible (1910) - A black and white photo of a large balloon flying...
Print shows dirigible in flight over clouds. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British Naval airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photo shows the first British attempt to build a rigid airship. This naval dirigible was launched in 1911 and called the Mayfly (HMA-1). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008; book by Guy Hartcup; and New York Times)
Value of Airships in War Proved in Tripoli [The Sun, 17 March 1912]
The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright brothers, two American inventors who are credited with building and flying the first successful powered airplane. The coll... More
[Bildnis] Graf [Ferdinand von] Zeppelin
[Electronic ed.] Public domain photograph related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Drigible R-34 at Mineola, Stereoscope Card
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bildnis Graf Ferdinand von] Zeppelin
[Electronic ed.] Public domain photograph of army uniform, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of german officer in military uniform, free to u... More
Edward Penfield - [Horses pulling gun carriage under dirigible]
Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: Collier's magazine, Sept. 5, 1914.
[Bildnis Ferdinand von Zeppelin]
[Electronic ed.] Public domain photograph related to German history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
French troops inspecting a wrecked zeppelin
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
The Detroit news timely topics. Norge dirigible in England
Photograph of a photographic print by "Pacific & Atlantic Photo." Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 3190. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...
Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.
The Detroit news timely topics. Norge dirigible in England
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bo...
Poster showing a dirigible in the night sky over London, illuminated by a searchlight.
Group of men boarding an airship
Title devised by cataloger. "Mr. Livingstone House #136" on label; "W[illiam] A[llen] L[ivingstone]" on jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 1846. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Group of men boarding an airship]
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The zeppelin raids: the vow of vengeance. Drawn for "The Daily Chronic...
Poster showing a soldier shaking his fist at a zeppelin following bombing.
Unidentified airship in flight.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Airship Station. Large English d...
Photographer: Western Newspaper Union Balloons - Hangars and Beds Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Remains of a raider, one of the Zeppelins brought down on English ...
"C.s 293-Major Templeton / 3-20 inch in velvet. 57887-8/8 18" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 57887. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
The Remains of a raider, one of the Zeppelins brought down on English ...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Landing of British dirigible R-34 at Mineola, Long Island, N.Y.]
Bain News Service photograph. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Balloons at inspection, Arcadia, Calif., Panoramic Photograph
J232530 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Huddleston Photo Co.; January 6, 1919; DLC/PP-1919:45907. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal. No. 8659. Section at right may be missing.
British airship R-34. Dirigible on ground bearing identification "R34,...
Dirigible on ground bearing identification "R34," sign marked, "Keep Out," in foreground. The R-34 British airship made a round-trip transatlantic crossing in July 1919.
Tyska luftskeppet "Bodensee" passerar Stockholms Frihamn 1919.
Tyska luftskeppet "Bodensee" passerar Stockholms Frihamn 1919. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Luftskeppet Bodensee landar i Stockholm den 8 okt. 1919
Luftskeppet Bodensee landar i Stockholm den 8 okt. 1919 Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
British airship R-34. Dirigible on ground bearing identification "R34....
Dirigible on ground bearing identification "R34." The R-34 British airship made a round-trip transatlantic crossing in July 1919.
Lincoln Memorial. Dirigible Los Angeles through columns of Lincoln Mem...
Old negative number: 1352. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Graf Zeppelin. Graf Zeppelin over 13th St.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial with construction m...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Airship. Army blimp C-71 over Alaska Ave.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canadian scenes. Closeup at airport in Canada
Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Graf Zeppelin. View over U.S. Capitol
Item title devised. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canadian scenes. Airship no. R-100
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln Memorial. Dirigible Los Angeles over Lincoln Memorial
Old negative number: 1358. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Graf Zeppelin. View over U.S. Capitol
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Graf Zeppelin. Graf Zeppelin over 13th St
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln Memorial. Dirigible Los Angeles through columns of Lincoln Mem...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a modernist architecture building, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp at Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Canadian scenes. Airship refilling
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Graf Zeppelin. View of zeppelin over U.S. Capitol
Item title devised. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Canadian scenes. Airship no. R-100
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln Memorial. Dirigible Los Angeles over Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Airship. Army blimp C-71 over Alaska Ave
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp at Lincoln Memorial
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Lincoln Memorial. Army blimp over Lincoln Memorial with construction m...
Item title devised. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Army blimps, the T.C. 5 and T.C. 9 from Langley Field, Virginia p...
National Photo Company Collection. "Copyrighted and non-copyrighted prints must be credited National Photo".
Canadian scenes. Airship refilling
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The C 7 passing over the White House this morning on her trip from Ham...
Photograph shows Navy C 7, the first lighter-than-air ship to be inflated with helium, flying over the White house in Washington, D.C. In album: Washington, D.C., 1 Dec. 1921 to 31 Dec. 1921, v. 3, Herbert E. F... More
Architectural Drawing for a Floating Airship Hangar
Engineering Drawings Related to Airships Public domain photograph of French architecture design drawing, building plan, Paris, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
ZR-1 Shenandoah, gelatin silver print
Photograph shows an interior view of the USS Shenandoah under construction at the Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey; shows an extensive interior frame of girders. Forms part of: National Photo Company C... More
Dirigible Shenandore, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide
Flight over Quincy. Courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description