Digitized Content Georges Naudet Collection
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Creators:
Naudet, Georges, 1900-1983.
Dates:
[ca 1600s-1930s]
Size:
1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box) (1 flatbox))
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0479
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection includes early ballooning material as well as photographs of early 20th century French pilots. The ballooning material includes material from Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Joseph Montgolfier and Eugene and Louis Godard. The early photographs include the following aviators: Louis Blériot, and Jules Védrines. The following types of material ...

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Digitized Content French Balloon Scrapbook
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Dates:
1700s to 1930s
Size:
0.35 Cubic feet (1 flat box)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0254
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

This collection consists of a scrapbook, largely concerned with ballooning in France. Many items in the scrapbook are illustrations of early balloon flights, and there are illustrations of imaginary air vehicles, some of which are quite fanciful. The scrapbook also contains content pertaining to airships and aircraft.

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Digitized Content Montgolfier Family Library Catalogue
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Dates:
1883
Size:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0955
Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives

At the request of an acquaintance, Alphonse de Montgolfier created Catalogue des Livres des Aérostats in 1883. Handwritten in French cursive, the catalogue begins with an introductory letter and then alphabetically records materials held in the Montgolfier family archives relating to Aérostats and their inventors - items likely amassed by his aviation ancestors Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier.

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