Inflated Collection

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969

Poster with Mr Bibendum advertising Michelin tyres. The famous Michelin Man holds up a glass full of sharp objects which hold no fear for Michelin tyres

Physalia, or Portuguese Man-of-War, lately found on the south coast of England, 1869

Ascent of Mr. Coxwell's Great Balloon from the Crystal Palace grounds, 1865. Mr. Coxwell's balloon, named the Research...is composed of fifty gores, each gore being 44 in

Mr. Coxwell's high-level balloon at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Coxwell's high-level balloon at the Crystal Palace, 1864....the new balloon, named "The Britannia"...has been constructed for the use of Mr. Coxwell and Mr

Sur le front d'artois - l'album de Jean Lefort; Manoeuvre d'un ballon observateur
Sur le front d'artois - Feuilles d'Album de Jean Lefort; Manoeuvre d'un ballon observateur (Aux environs de la ferme Margot, 24 fevrier 1915.), 1915

At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
At the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Pararescueman Lt. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr

Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Creator: NASA
Inflatable Station Concept, 1961. Unlike many other early space station concepts, this design actually made it out of the concept phase and into production, though no models were ever flown

Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles " Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft

Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. US Navy divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Coopers Mercury space capsule nicknamed " Faith 7" shortly after splashdown

Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Creator: NASA
Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr

Gemini VIII splashdown, Armstrong and Scott with hatches open, March 16, 1966. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R

Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. Creator: NASA
Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas

Interior of Le Geant Inflating, 1863. Creator: Nadar
Interior of Le Geant Inflating, 1863. The Giant, a balloon commissioned by French photographer Nadar and built by Eugene Godard

Mussucks for Crossing the Beas River Below Bajoura, 1866. Creator: Samuel Bourne
Mussucks for Crossing the Beas River Below Bajoura, 1866

Royal Field Artillery Kite Balloons Were The Eyes of Our Guns in France, (1919)

One of Our Observation Balloons, (1919). Creator: Unknown
One of Our Observation Balloons, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: It is seen coming to rest after a mornings work peering over the German lines near Ypres, [Belgium]

Girl on a space hopper, 1970s

Apollo 17 recovery operations, Pacific Ocean, December 19, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 recovery operations, Pacific Ocean, December 19, 1972

Making adjustments to the net of a balloon before attaching the basket, c1935 (c1937). From Wonders of World Aviation, Vol. 1, by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, c1937]

The first pneumatic tyre, 1845 (1956). Robert William Thomson (1822-1873) a Scottish inventor, first patented the pneumatic tyre in 1845

Inflated bullock skins used as ferry boats on the Sutlej River, Punjab, India, c1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Crossing the Tigris river on inflated goat skins, 1918

Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Jummoo, Cashmere, 1876. The future King Edward VII travels by elephant to Jammu in Kashmir, northern India

Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Travel by train was a risky business in the 1870s and collisions were not uncommon

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