[Balloon and airship in hangar]

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 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.

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