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Aerial photograph of Hartford, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of clouds near Springfield, Massachusetts, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of unidentified location in Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of unidentified town in Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of Bloomfield, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of an unidentified town in Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Select pages from "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," Volume 32, Number 5, September 1886. Contains two illustrated articles about ballooning in New England: "Amateur ballooning" by Alfred E. Moore and "Balloon experiences of a timid…

Items from Box One, Folder 7 of the Hans Eibl Collection, circa 1888-1937. Folder contains eight documents related to the members of the Eibl family. Includes a baptism certificate for Karl Eibl; military, residence, and citizenship papers and a…

Handwritten notes regarding C. E. Roy's birth, circa 1890. Includes itemized costs of the doctor's bill for his birth and a narrative description entitled "Notes and Facts of the Babyhood of Carlyle Emerson Roy."Part of a photograph album related to…

Composite photograph of parachutist Katharina Paulus and an unidentified man, possibly her husband Hermann Lattemann, in a balloon, circa 1890s.