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Letterpress print of Vincent Lunardi during a balloon ascent, original piece dated circa 1785.

Etching of a bust portrait in profile of Professor Bourguet surrounded by ballooning items, original artwork dated 1804. Depicted items include barrels of gas, books, a compass, a balloon, and a parachute.Inscription in German below image: "Luftfahrt…

Letterpress print of balloonist James Sadler and passenger William Clayfield landing in the Bristol Channel, original piece dated circa 1810.

Letterpress print of a balloon in flight over Hungerford Market, London, England, original piece dated 1833.

Letterpress print of Jean-Pierre Blanchard and Dr. John Jefferies departing Dover during their 1785 balloon flight over the English Channel, art by E. W. Cocks, circa 1840.

Letterpress print of William Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage on a fictitious flight over the Pyramids, Egypt, art by W. Walton, circa 1843.

Hand-tinted engraving of a large, multicolored balloon adorned with flags, art by George Sala, circa 1850. The caption engraved below the image satirically suggests that the balloon be used as the venue for the upcoming Great Exhibition in…

Engraving, "La descente du globe aerostatique dans la Prairie de Nesle," depicting a balloon descending in Nesle, France, original piece dated circa 1850s. Text in French is engraved below the image.Label included with engraving: "Satirical print on…

Photographic portrait of Wilhelm Böing, father of William E. Boeing, circa 1880s.Stamped on verso: "Angell, Photographer, East Saginaw, Mich. Opposite Everett House."

Photographic portrait of Marie Ortmann Böing, mother of William E. Boeing, circa 1880s-1910s.Stamped on verso: "Angell. East Saginaw, Michigan."