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Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of a German observation balloon as it flies low over a field, likely in or near Trier, Germany, circa 1914-1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605)…

Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of a German observation balloon as it flies low over a field, likely in or near Trier, Germany, circa 1914-1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605)…

Photograph of an observation balloon in flight, circa 1914-1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace…

Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of a German observation balloon in Trier, Germany, circa 1918. A hangar is visible in the background. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605)…

Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of a German observation balloon in a field in Trier, Germany, circa 1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a…

Photograph of German soldiers using tethers to tow an observation balloon out of its hangar in Trier, Germany, circa 1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a…

Photograph of soldiers gathered around the basket of a balloon tethered in a field in Germany, circa 1918. A zeppelin and its hangar are visible in the background. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605)…

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…

Photograph of German soldiers holding the tethers of an observation balloon, circa 1914-1918. An airship is visible in the hangar behind the balloon. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white…

Photograph of a Farman 1910 Biplane, piloted by Louis Paulhan, in flight near a balloon at the Los Angeles International Air Meet, California, January 1910. The balloon advertises for the "Los Angles Examiner" newspaper. Item from page 18 of the…