![Postcard featuring a hand-drawn watercolor depiction of the descent of French balloonist André-Jacques Garnerin (1769-1823) in a frameless parachute of his own design](https://www.sciencehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/parachute_de_andre_garnerin-e1680789156249.jpeg)
Christine Mellon
Awards, Governance, and Special Events Manager
Featured image from our digital collections:
Parachute de [André-Jacques] Garnerin, a 1909 postcard featuring a hand-drawn illustration of the French balloonist giving a parachute demonstration on October 22, 1797.