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July 19, 2011
Tissandier collection of aeronautical prints and drawings
Ascension du 26 septembre 1876, 700 mètres
[Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their balloon "Zénith"]
Albert Tissandier, artist
LC-DIG-ppmsca-02309
Among the wealth of images in the Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs Online Catalog is the Tissandier collection. These images, collected by the balloonists Albert and Gaston Tissandier, document the early history of aeronautics. The prints and drawings range from 1773-1910; most concern balloon flight and concepts for heavier-than-air vehicles.
Flying, ca. 1830
Lowry, Joseph Wilson, engraver
LC-DIG-ppmsca-02515
[Airship powered by an electric motor developed by Albert and Gaston Tissandier departing from Auteuil, Paris, France, October 8, 1883]
Poyet, del ; E. A. Tilly.
LC-DIG-ppmsca-02461
Descente du ballon le Neptune dans les falaises du Cap Gris-Nez Voyage en ballon, Calais, 15 août 1868
Drawing, A. Tissandier
LC-DIG-ppmsca-02481
Posted by sgarrett at July 19, 2011 01:00 PM