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Tally form for balloon observation notes, including ascensions, adjustments, registrations, hostile batteries seen in action, and hours in the air, circa 1918.

Photograph of American soldiers working on an observation balloon basket, likely in France or Germany, circa 1917-1919. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few…

Photographic group portrait of British servicemen with tethered balloons, circa 1910s-1920s.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Photograph of two servicemen with a tethered and covered observation balloon, likely in France, circa 1918.

Panoramic photograph of servicemen with six observation balloons at the U.S. Army Balloon School, Ross Field, California, 1918. Inscription in corner: "No. 8659. Copyrighted. Huddleston Photo Co. Los Angeles, Cal." Inscription on verso: "Army Baloon…

Photograph of German servicemen with an observation balloon, circa 1914-1918. Two servicemen are in the balloon's basket.

Photograph of German servicemen with horse-drawn carts and a tethered observation balloon, circa 1914-1918.

Photograph of servicemen with a German observation balloon, circa 1914-1918.

Photograph of servicemen with a German observation balloon, circa 1914-1918.

Photograph of servicemen with a Caquot observation balloon, likely in France, circa 1918.