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15 photos and 18 illustrations tagged hotairballoon, from 12 members of Flickr Commons.

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• balloon
• publicdomain
• bldigital
• mechanicalcurator
• sherlocknet:tag=place
• lighterthanair
• pubplacelondon
• ballooning
• large
• vol03
• aviation
• sherlocknet:tag=grand
• date1896
• sysnum001567835
• 1910s
• aircraft
• pubplaceparis
• medium
• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• gasballoon
• sherlocknet:tag=nature
• sherlocknet:tag=tout
• sherlocknet:tag=france

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• The Library of Congress 5 photos & illustrations
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• National Library of Medicine 2 photos & illustrations
• The Field Museum Library 2 photos & illustrations
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• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration
• North East Museums 1 photo / illustration
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• Smithsonian Institution 1 photo / illustration
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo / illustration

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Along the Plaisance

from The Field Museum Library

• Jennifer Holcombe said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ***This should be a Postcard!***, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

L. Stevens (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• jdshephe46 said:

  Is this the balloon launched from atop the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia?

• gutterpup.annie said:

  So many wonderful photos...thank you for sharing them, and for all of your good work.

• BobMeade said:

  This is probably Leo Stevens, balloonist here in the 1906 NYT: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6D81F3DE633A... And here (1906): query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E7D6103EE733A... See other L. Stevens image showing the man himself here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162732173/ And I think our friend undeadsinatra has been at work making all the connections here before me - judging by the tags for this image.

• The Library of Congress said:

  We'll add Steven's complete name to the source catalog and reload the description. Thanks!

• perfgeek said:

  It does look like that balloon. Seems to be a July 8, 1911 date on there.

L. Stevens (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 2 older comments, and then…
• Randy Reiss said:

  This is likely to be Professional balloon & airship pilot/stunt man Albert Leo "Prince Leo" Stevens. Look for his full list of accomplishments at www.ballooninghistory.com/whoswho/who'swho-s2.html

• BobMeade said:

  And this about Leo Stevens, balloonist here in the 1906 NYT: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6D81F3DE633A... And here (1906): query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E7D6103EE733A... See other L. Stevens image here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163757324/

• The Library of Congress said:

  We'll add Steven's complete name to the source catalog and reload the description. Thanks!

• Richard Norton said:

  I started an entry in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Leo_Stevens This is at Broadway and Tenth Street in Manhattan at Wanamaker's BALLOON SETS SAIL FOR PHILADELPHIA; Passes Above Times Square, Gets Lost in a Jersey Fog Bank, and Lands at West Nyack. July 9, 1911, Sunday A large balloon with two men in the basket arose from the roof of the Wanamaker store at Broadway and Tenth Street at 6 o'clock last night, sailed leisurely across the city, up Seventh Avenue to Times Square, and then floated off across the Hudson and was lost in the haze that hung over Weehawken.

• Wystan said:

  Another Bain/LOC photo of Stevens in the basket of the Wanamaker balloon: