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Title: Big Parade Despite the Storm
Date(s): 1921
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Keystone View Company (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'to meet the three heroic balloonists on their arrival in Rockaway Naval Air Station.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00141
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Vue de la Terrasse de Mr. Franklin a Passi
Date(s): 1783-11-21
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Landscape with balloon depicting first aerial voyage in presence of the Dauphin, under the direction of Montgolfier, on 21 November 1783
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_006
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Balloon Races 1926
Date(s): 1926
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Text on verso: 'Major Walter A. Ham (right); Lt. Robt. P. Lehr (left)'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00147
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Face du Cote du Chateau
Date(s): 1800
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_005
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Entree de sa Majeste Louis XVIII a Paris le 3 Mai 1814
Date(s): 1814-05-03
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Entrance of His Majesty Louis 18th to Paris
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_014
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: 200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races
Date(s): 1930-09-01
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800...
Show moreText on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday.' Photo #4 - Shows aerial views of Cleveland Airport just before takeoff in the Gordon-Bennett International Balloon Races today.
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00137
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Balloons May Be Made Really Useful
Date(s): 1840
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 (artist)
Description: Balloons May Be Made Really Useful. Big idea for western railroads! How they may save their passengers from rear-end collisions and themselves from heavy suits for damages!' From Puck Magazine
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_054
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Balloon Races 1926
Date(s): 1905-04-09
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Text on verso: 'Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00146
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Army Balloonist Sets New Record of Nearly Eight Miles
Date(s): 1927-05-05
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Photo shows - Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, Army aeronaut, at Scot Field, Ill., who yesterday broke the world's record for altitude in a free balloon when ascended 41,000 feet, which is a distance of nearly eight miles. The previous record was less than 36,000 feet made by two German balloonists. Descending to 8,000 feet and finding that his craft was headed for a swamp at more than 1,600 feet per minute, Gray removed his oxygen mask and made a parachute jump landing safely.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00145
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: 200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races
Date(s): 1930-09-01
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800...
Show moreText on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday.' Photo #5 - Shows aerial views of Cleveland Airport just before takeoff in the Gordon-Bennett International Balloon Races today.
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00139
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: A View of the Balloon of Mr. Sadler's Ascending
Date(s): 1811-08-12
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: A view of the balloon of Mr. Sadler's ascending with him and Captain Paget of the Royal Navy from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern at Huckney on Monday Aug. 12, 1811. The balloon ascended at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and descended safe near Tilbury Fort in Essex at 20 minutes past four.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_123
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Aerostation
Date(s): 1803
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Various balloons belonging to: 1 - Montgolfier's balloon; 2 - Blanchards; 3 - Charles and Roberts; 4 - Luncardi's; 5 - Baldwin's view over the city of Chester from Lunardi's balloon
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_142
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Man and woman in balloon basket
Date(s): 1800
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Depicts a man and a woman waving flags from the basket of a balloon.
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_009
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Balloon Races 1926
Date(s): 1926
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Text on verso: '1st Lt. Douglas Johnston'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00148
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: The Balloon Over Helsbye Hill in Cheshire
Date(s): 1786~, 1786
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Baldwin, Thomas, 1742-1804 (author)
Description: Illustration from Airopaidia: Containing the Narrative of a Balloon Excursion published in 1786 by Thomas Baldwin
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs
Hagley ID: TL620_B2A3a
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Start of the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race
Date(s): 1926
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Kadel & Herbert (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'A group of American competitors photographed before the start of the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race from Antwerp. Left to right: J. A. Boettner, H. W. Maxon, Healy, Captain H. C. Gray, W. W. Morton, W. J. Van Orman'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00149
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: At Uncle Sam's Great Balloon School Where Observers are Trained for Service on the French Front
Date(s): 1918
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), International Film Service (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Another view of the kite balloon ready for flight. The training school is located at Fort Omaha, Neb.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00140
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Balloon Races 1926
Date(s): 1926~, 1926
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner)
Description: Text on verso: 'W. J. Van Orman'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00144
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: One-man balloon
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00130
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: 200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races
Date(s): 1930-09-01
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800...
Show moreText on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday.' Photo #6 - Shows crowd at Cleveland Airport watching Gordon-Bennett Balloon entries today.
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00138
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: French Balloon
Date(s): 1800
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Graff, Emile (lithographer)
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 1971MSS676_026
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Second Day of the Aviation Meet
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Keystone View Company (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'At Bue, France. Photo shows a general view of the balloons starting on their race.'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00131
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: Departure of Gaby Morley in a balloon
Date(s): 1925
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Keystone View Company (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'During the great French Aviation Meet at Bue, France'
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00128
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: First photos of International Balloon Race which resulted in five deaths
Date(s): 1923
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'The International Balloon race which started from Belgium a fortngiht ago was the most disastrous in history. Five aeronauts, including two American, were kiled, and another seriously injured. Two foreign and one American balloon were struck by lightning and a third fell into the sea.'(Photo shows Lieut. Ormstead [without hat] and Lieut. Choptaw [with cap] U. S. Army balloonists who were killed when their baloon was struck by lightning.
Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00129
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

Title: 200,000 Watch Gordon Bennett Balloon Races
Date(s): 1930-09-01
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Description: Text on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800...
Show moreText on verso: 'Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International Balloon Races. The City of Detroit was the first to take off. Pilots flying the foreign entries said they expected the race to follow a general northeasterly direction and end in the province of Ontario or in Labrador. They expected to travel between 600 and 800 miles and remain the air until Wednesday.' Photo #3 - Shows Ed. Hill, pilot, at left, and Arthur G. Schlosser, aide, of the city of Detroit, just before takeoff. According to latest press dispatches they are in the lead.
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Collection ID: Lammot du Pont, Jr. collection of aeronautical photographs (Accession 1975.360)
Hagley ID: 75360_00136
Collection: Lammot du Pont, Jr. aeronautical collection

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