National Air and Space Museum Archives

Early Ballooning Prints

Summary

AIAA C #7 [Untitled print]
AIAA C #7 [Untitled print]
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0137
Creators:
Unknown
Dates:
1769-1918
bulk 1869-1875
Languages:
This collection contains materials in both
English
and
French
.
Physical Description:
0.25 Cubic feet
1 slim legal box
Repository:
The Early Ballooning Prints collection contains .25 cubic feet of material related to early ballooning history.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of prints, newspapers, articles, and a letter related to early ballooning history.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is organized according to format.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
This collection documents 18th, 19th, and 20th century ballooning feats. One print, while not of the period, depicts the oldest known representation of a parachute (1617).

Administration

Author
Amanda Buel
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, XXXX.0137
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Amanda Buel, 2019.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Preferred Citation
Early Ballooning Prints, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0137, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Balloons -- pre-1900 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Balloons -- History Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Post, Augustus Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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