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
Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France
Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing people in hysterics, possibly over an imminent balloon ascension by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." From the ceiling hangs a balloon ... More
Het jaar 1804!!!, Tissandier Collection, France
Dutch cartoon forecasts aeronautic events for the year 1804 by showing a scene at a failing balloon ascension, in the interests of scientific inquiry, possibly by "Wille van de Heeren Hopman & Loude." Men strug... More
![[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six balloons and parachutes, a deck, superstructure, and basket below]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLWEtbmF2aWdhdGlvbmFsLXN5c3RlbS1mb3ItYW4tYWlyc2hpcC1lbXBsb3lpbmctc2l4LWJhbGxvb25zLTFlNzBkOS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "[Design drawing for a navigational system for an airship employing six balloons and parachutes, a deck, superstructure, and basket below]")
[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, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif, France]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjMvdHdvLXZpZXdzLW9mLWFuLWFpcnNoaXAtc2hhcGVkLWxpa2UtYS1sb25nLXR1YmUtd2l0aC1hLXBvaW50ZWQtbm9zZS1wcm9wZWxsZXJzLWI4OWU3Mi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Two views of an airship shaped like a long tube with a pointed nose, propellers on the side and a rudder, resembling an 1850 design proposed by Pierre Jullien, a French clock maker from Villejuif, France]")
[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.
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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvdm9pbGVzLW1vYmlsZS1zeXN0ZW0tYXRlLWxhbnRlaWduZS1tZW51aXNpZXItbW8tNTgtOWQ5NDE0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "Voiles mobile. Systém Ate. Lanteigne menuisier / [...] Mo[...], '58.")
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
![[Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentified man in the basket of their airship demonstrating an electric navigational system featuring a propeller] / P. Ferat ; E.A. Tilly, sc.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvYWxiZXJ0LXRpc3NhbmRpZXItbGVmdC1nYXN0b24tdGlzc2FuZGllci1yaWdodC1hbmQtYW4tdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW1hbi1pbi10aGUtMjYwMzBjLTEwMjQuanBn/40/46/webp "[Albert Tissandier (left), Gaston Tissandier (right), and an unidentified man in the basket of their airship demonstrating an electric navigational system featuring a propeller] / P. Ferat ; E.A. Tilly, sc.")
[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.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvY3VyZXMtZGFpci1kYW5zLWxhLW1vbnRhZ25lLWEtcm9iaWRhLThlMDNkNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Cures d'air dans la montagne] / A. Robida.")
[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
Le ballon rédaction et bureaux A. Brissonnet ... Paris.
Clipping from an unknown book or magazine advertises the French aeronautical journal "Le ballon" and illustrates various means of flight including an ornithopter, early balloons and an airship. Text on verso a... 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, facing front, with small boat behind him]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvY291bnQtZmVyZGluYW5kLXZvbi16ZXBwZWxpbi10aHJlZS1xdWFydGVyLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctODc0Yjk4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, with small boat behind him]")
[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 Universelle Internationale de 1900, Paris](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3RodW1ibmFpbC8xODk2LzAxLzAxL3NjZW5lcy1mcm9tLW1leGljby1hbmQtdGhlLTE5MDAtcGFyaXMtZXhwb3NpdGlvbi0yMDAuZ2lm/40/40/webp "[Scenes from Mexico and the 1900 Paris Exposition] / - Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Paris")
[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
SHENANDOAH at her mooring mast, Tacoma, Wash. Oct. 19th, 1924 blimp
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
R-33 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Putting "Republique" in Shed - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Corresponding print in LOT 10958 is cropped version of negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (L... More
Zeppelin Passenger airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Front view of frame of Cooley dirigible
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
U.S. Army dirigible, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Clement-Bayard dirigible France
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
ZR-3 over Long Island - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR-1 (U.S. Navy official photo)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
U.S.S. PATOKA & SHENANDOAH (blimp overhead)
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Norge - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Passengers in Cooley airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bliven's airship (blueprint), George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Passengers in Cooley airship - Public domain portrait photograph
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Bliven's airship (blueprint) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blimp over police games - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Republique, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Dirigible balloon, "La Ville de Paris"
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
U.S. Army dirigible no. 1, over field
Public domain photograph of aircraft hangar, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Clement-Bayard Dirigible which crossed the Channel
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Stern of ZR-1 showing rudders - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
U.S. Army dirigible no. 1, over field
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Mooring mast of R - 33 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
C-5 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dirigible balloon on Baron E. DeMarcay
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bow of ZR-1, showing engine cars
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More
ZR-III - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Propellers at rear of Cooley dirigible
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Navy dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dirigible balloon, "La Ville de Paris", built by Henri Deutsch
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR-1 (official U.S. Navy photo)
Public domain photograph of industrial building, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Zeppelin Air Ship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows a blimp inside a structure on water. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
U.S. Army dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
R-34 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bodensee (blimp) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Zeppelin III in flight over field, Berlin
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Crew of ZR-1 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Men in basket of Zeppelin Air Ship
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wellman airship from "Trent" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bow of ZR-1 (showing engine cars)
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Navy dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Parachute Jump from SHENANDOAH blimp
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Willow Dirigible - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S.S. PATOKA & SHENANDOAH (blimp overhead)
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Amundsen (blimp) Air Ship I - SAAN
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
setern of ZR-1 showing rudders - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Norge Leaving Hanger (blimp) - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR-1 leaving hangar - Public domain portrait photograph
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
ZR-1 (official U.S. Navy photo)
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
ZR-1 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Detroit Cleveland airship - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Republique - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Car of French Military Dirigible "Republique"
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
ZR-1, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
ZR-1 (official U.S. Navy photo)
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![Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd3JlY2tlZC16ZXAtemVwcGVsaW4taW4tZnJhbmNlLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France")
Wrecked zep. [zeppelin] in France
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Norge, George Grantham Bain Collection
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More
Bow of ZR-1 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR-2 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Clement-Bayard Dirigible which crossed the Channel
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tail of R-34 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Wellman Lifeboat from "Trent" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public doma...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
ZR-1 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, in ground shed
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Blimp - Antony's wireless airship
Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Zeppelin Passenger airship, George Grantham Bain Collection
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More