Library of Congress Open Archive Initiative Repository 1
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This is an extensive repository containing material relating to the American experience, a large portion of it digitised from the Library of Congress' collections. It includes, but is not limited to, images, monographs, sheet music, sound and visual recordings, pamphlets and posters. It is subdivided into over 100 thematic collections based on original documentation format, subject, author or donor. The site also benefits from an extensive range of background documentation and information on the creation, maintenance and development of this repository. Individual sections of the collection are periodically highlighted, and materials advising on the use of this repository's contents in a classroom situation are also provided. Each major subsection has a discrete site design and interface, although they are all part of the overarching whole.
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F. Chaussier, professeur à la faculté de médecine, membre de l'Institut - Garnier, Hippolyte Louis, 1802-1855, artist.; Ducarme, lithographer.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Francois Chaussier, who conducted some of the first experiments to develop navigational systems for balloons.
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Nicolas Jacques Conté - Delaunay, Nicolas, 1739-1792, engraver.; Roehn, Adolphe Eugène Gabriel, 1780-1867, artist.
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Nicolas Conté, who experimented with the use of hydrogen for balloons.
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A consultation previous to an aerial voyage from London to Weilburg in Nassau on the 7th day of November, 1836 - Robinson, John Henry, 1796-1871, engraver.; Hollins, John, 1798-1855, artist.
Group portrait with balloon in the background of (from left to right) W. Prideaux, J. Hollins, W. M. James, Robert Hollond, Charles Green, and Thomas Monck Mason. Hollond was a sponsor of the 500 mile flight taken by Green and Monck Mason in the Vauxhall Gardens, London, which set a record for balloon flight.
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