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Balloon descent, Prairie de Billancourt, France
View of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon, which ascended from the Champ de Mars, Paris, and landed on the Prairie de Billancourt (on the Haute-de-Seine) later the same day. 2 March 1784

Balloon ascent by Blanchard, Champ de Mars, Paris
Balloon ascent by Jean-Pierre Blanchard from the Champ de Mars, Paris, with Pere Dont-Pecque (Dom Pech, a Benedictine monk). 2 March 1784

Ballooning event, Champ de Mars, Paris
A balloon held by ropes, the burning of a wooden castle, and a chariot race going on around them, on the Champ de Mars, Paris. late 1790s

Elisa Garnerin parachute descent
Elisa Garnerin descending in a parachute, possibly into the Champ de Mars, Paris, entitled Pour la Fete Du Roy! par Elisa Garnerin. The released balloon is in the top left. early 19th century

Montgolfier balloon, Champ de Mars, Paris
Montgolfiers air balloon above the Champ de Mars, Paris, watched by a large crowd. 27 August 1783

Mars triumphant. Illustration shows Mars, the Roman god of war, sitting on a throne with his arms folded across his chest and a sword resting on his lap

A message from Mars. Illustration shows congressmen standing outside the US Capitol as a tall humanoid, dressed in pink, steps off a flying ship

Declaration des depudoets d Alsace-Lorraine lue ? Assembl Declaration des depudoets d Alsace-Lorraine lue
Declaration des depudoets d Alsace-Lorraine lue a l Assemblee Nationale de Bordeaux le 1er mars 1871, ... An Alsatian woman with her hand chained to a brick wall

Journee de la Vendee. 5 mars 1916. A disabled soldier and a boy in a uniform walking along the water. Date 1916. Journee de la Vendee. 5 mars 1916

Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars seen from Trocadero Palace, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date 1889. Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars seen from Trocadero Palace, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date 1889

1er mars, 1871, 1er mars, 1918. En Alsace liberee les petites filles, se restreignent de bon coeur pour hater la deliverance de l Alsace encore annedexe. Faites comme elles

Jean Louis Carra, ne e Pont de Veyle le 11 mars 1742, depute du Dept. de Saone et Loire, e la Convention nationale de 1792. Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Jean-Louis Carra

3eme et derniere experience de descente en parachute par Melle. Garnerin, au Champ de Mars, dimanche 21 avril, a son profit

Francois Pilatre de Rozier, ne e Metz le 30. mars 1756, mort pres de Boulogne sur Mer le 15. juin 1785. Oval head-and-shoulders profile portrait of French balloonist Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier

Le ballon bulletin trimestriel de toutes les ascensions, 6me annee, janvier, fevier, mars, 1883. Advertisement for the French aeronautical journal Le ballon shows a balloon carrying two passengers

Baron du Pont Duchambon, eleve du roi e l Ecole royale militaire de Paris le jour ou il a voulus enlever dans le balon de Blanchard au Champs de Mars, 1784

Fete de la Concorde, arrivee des corporations au Champ-de-Mars. Print shows a distant balloon ascending above the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, on May 21, 1848

Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin flying in a balloon
French fashion magazine caricature shows fashionably dressed spectators watching Jeanne-Genevieve Garnerin fly in a balloon

Champ de Mars, dimanche 17 juin, a 5 heures preciss. Ascension aerostatique du ballon le Pole Nord au benefice de l expedition de M. Gustave Lambert

Champ-de-Mars. Premiere ascension aerostatique du ballon le Pole Nord executee le dimanche 27 juin, a cinq heures, au profit de l expedition de M. Gustave Lambert

The Mars Gate, Rheims, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Champs de Mars, Exposition Universal, 1900, Paris, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

I is the Invalid
Advertising for Mars Night-lights. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

M stands for Mars
Advertising for Mars Night Lights. Alphabet series of 26 postcards featuring children using or holding the product. Date: c.1912

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

Federation Celebrated 5
On the Champ de Mars, Parisians celebrate the Fete de la Federation, marking the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. Date: 14 July 1790

Abdication Demanded 2
Angered by Louis attempt to quit the country, the people of Paris at a meeting on the Champ de Mars demand that he abdicate. Lafayette quells the riot with a fusillade. Date: 17 July 1791

British battleship HMS Mars, WW1
The British predreadnought battleship of the Majestic class, HMS Mars, during First World War. Launched 1896, served as a troopship during the Dardanelles campaign. Date: 1914-1916

Indonesia - Jakarta - The Telephone Exchange. Jakarta was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa (3971527), Jayakarta (15271619), Batavia (16191942), and Djakarta (19421972)

Indonesia - Jakarta - Governors Palace
The Dutch Governor Generals Palace at Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta was formerly known as Sunda Kelapa (3971527), Jayakarta (15271619), Batavia (16191942), and Djakarta (19421972)

Ghost of Mars / Fuqua
Ghost of Mars (Festus Pragnell) An encounter with the Martian giant Date: 1938

Schiaparellis map of the planet Mars
A map of the surface of the planet Mars by the Italian astronomer and historian of science, Giovanni Schiaparelli. Date: 1881/2

FLIGHT OF THE MERCURY
THE FLIGHT OF THE MERCURY (Charles R Tanner) The space travellers from Earth make their escape from Mars in their ether-propelled spacecraft Date: 1930

Mars Tied Down
Mars, God of War, allows the Geneva Peace Conference to tie him down - before he does his celebrated escaping trick, breaking their pathetic strings Date: 1932

Sending Message to Mars
Communicating with Mars - sending a message with a massive beam of light. Date: 1907

MIGNARD: VENUS & MARS. Oil on canvas, 1658, by Pierre Mignard

VENUS, MARS & CUPID. Venus, Mars and Cupid Crowned by Victory: canvas, 1550, by Paris Bordone

MILKY WAY AD, 1931. American advertisement for a Milky Way candy bar, 1931

Solar system, 1893
Solar system. Diagram of the solar system, based on the astronomical knowledge at the end of the 19th century. The Sun is at centre

Computer artwork of women hang-gliding on Mars
Hang-gliding on Mars. Computer illustration of women in space suits hang-gliding on Mars. Future tourism may include travel and holidays in space

Two astronauts on Mars, artwork
Astronauts on Mars. Artwork of two astronauts on Mars standing on the edge of a crater. The arm of one astronaut is visible far right, and the hand of the other astronaut is visible bottom left

Artwork of futuristic colony on an alien landscape
Planet colonisation. Computer artwork of a domed futuristic colony on the surface of an alien planet such as Mars. The transparent dome houses a community of humans and plants

Artwork of Mars surface after terraforming
Terraforming on Mars. Illustration of Mars after it has been made habitable. Dwellings have been built (at centre and at right) on the fertile landscape

Solar sail spacecraft
Solar sail spaceship. Computer artwork of a space- ship passing the planet Mars. The spacecraft is powered by solar sails (blue)

Robots on Mars. Computer artwork of insect-like robots exploring on Mars. These robots are part of plans to develop exploration robots that can access places that wheeled rovers

Mars mining vehicle. Conceptual computer artwork of a load carrying rigger spacecraft. Such vehicles could be used to exploit mineral resources on Mars

Astronaut on Mars facing a dust storm, computer artwork. Dust storms, which are similar to small tornadoes, are a frequent occurrence on Mars. Global dust storms sometimes enshroud the entire planet

War of the Worlds, artwork
War of the Worlds. Artwork showing alien flying machines invading 21st-century London, England. They are destroying the London Eye (also known as the Millennium Wheel) and Westminster Bridge

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