Observation Balloon Collection

British kite balloon, 2 May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British kite balloon, 2 May 1918. A Royal Air Force Caquot kite balloon about to ascend with air mechanics holding the ropes, Gosnay, France, May 2, 1918, during World War I.

Observation balloon, U.S.A., 9 Dec 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Observation balloon, U.S.A., 9 Dec 1917 (date created or published later). An observation balloon ready to be launched over German trenches in Europe in World War I.

German observation balloon, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German observation balloon, between 1914 and c1915.

'Les Batailles de l'Artois; le rentree du ballon (nord d'Arras), 1915. Creator: Francois Flameng
'Les Batailles de l'Artois; le rentree du ballon (nord d'Arras), 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Sur le front d'artois - l'album de Jean Lefort; Manoeuvre d'un ballon observateur, 1915 (1916)
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

La "Saucisse"; Observateur dans sa nacelle, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Observateur dans sa nacelle, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

La "Saucisse"; Le gouvernail a pris forme : le ballon s'eleve, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Le gouvernail a pris forme : le ballon s'eleve, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La "Saucisse"; Le parachute completement ouvert : Experience de descente... 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Le parachute completement ouvert : Experience de descente en parachute d'un observateur oblige d'abandonner sa nacelle, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La "Saucisse"; Le parachute commence a se deployer, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Le parachute commence a se deployer, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

La "Saucisse"; Saucisse vue par l'arriere, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Saucisse vue par l'arriere, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

La "Saucisse"; La saucisse va predre de la hauteur, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; La saucisse va predre de la hauteur, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Janvier, Fevrier, Mars, Avril, Mai, Juin 1916"

La "Saucisse"; Garde de nuit d'une saucisse abritee dans un bois, 1916. Creator: Marodon
La "Saucisse"; Garde de nuit d'une saucisse abritee dans un bois, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La "Saucisse"; Ballon-saucisse dissimule dans une clairiere, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; Ballon-saucisse dissimule dans une clairiere, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

La "Saucisse"; Avant l'ascension : "-- Sous son ventre ride de gros saurien, pend son….", 1916
La "Saucisse"; Avant l'ascension : "-- Sous son ventre ride de gros saurien, pend son gouvernail, flasque, ridicule....", 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

La "Saucisse"; L'observateur et son travail. Le treuil sur automobile, 1916. Creator: Unknown
La "Saucisse"; L'observateur et son travail. Le treuil sur automobile, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Balloon Basket, USMC, World War I, 1910s. Creator: Unknown
63in. long, 37in. wide, 53in. high; cane basket with silver canvas cover

Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service, 1910s. Creator: Unknown
Cane basket with miscellaneous rope and fittings - L: 47" W: 42" H: 46"

Binoculars used by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Binoculars used by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, 1860s. Binoculars used by American balloonist, aeronaut, scientist and inventor Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe during the American Civil War

Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre aMontmartre, September 23, 1870. Creator: Nadar
Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre a Montmartre, September 23, 1870. The Neptune leaves during the Siege of Paris, carrying 125 kg (276 lb) of mail. Gelatin silver printing out print

Royal Field Artillery Kite Balloons Were The Eyes of Our Guns in France, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: The observers were highly trained men

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]

On the Trail of the Submarine, (1919). Creator: Unknown
On the Trail of the Submarine, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: With the advent of American troops in France

Dragon barrage balloon, c1898, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Dragon barrage balloon, c1898, (1932). German barrage balloon (Drachenfesselballon) with basket, Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld system, used by the military for observation

Men in observation balloon basket, c1914-c1918. Balloons were used for observation of enemy positions. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I

Raising of barrage balloon with basket for observation, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Basket of barrage balloon, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Raising of an observation balloon, Somme, northern France, 1916. French artillerymen watch as a captured German Parseval-Siegsfeld balloon is re-inflated and sent skywards

Observer of a kite-balloon testing the telephone before ascending, France, World War I, 1916. During the Somme Offensive of July-November 1916

Observation balloon about to ascend, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Observation balloon about to ascend, World War I, c1914-c1918. From a box set of stereoscopic cards titled The Great War

84th Battery and Balloon Corps, Boer War, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
84th Battery and Balloon Corps, Boer War, South Africa, 1901. Troops of Field Marshal Lord Roberts army advancing towards Johannesburg. Stereoscopic card

Making gas for one of the war balloons at Slingersfontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Making gas for one of the war balloons at Slingersfontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. The balloons were used to observe the movements of the enemy. Stereoscopic card

Lord Roberts infantry crossing the Zand river, South Africa, c1900s. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Lord Roberts infantry crossing the Zand river, South Africa, c1900s. An observation balloon watches out for Boers. Stereoscopic card. Detail

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