[Balloon and zeppelin in hangar]

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[Balloon and zeppelin in hangar]

Description

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) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.

Date

1918 circa

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Bibliographic Citation

The Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2014-06-04_image_381_01

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