[Serviceman using field equipment to communicate with observation balloon]

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Identifier2008-03-31_image_861SourceThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers (2008-03-31), Balloons Kite Observation US Army, Box 4, Folder 31Series2008-03-31, Series I-BCreatorBain News ServiceDescriptionPhotograph of a U.S. Army serviceman using field equipment to communicate with an observation balloon (not pictured), March 4, 1919. A second serviceman is playing a bugle nearby.

Inscription: "Phone to Army balloon / 4841-3."

Typed on verso: "Phoning Army observation balloon /

Stamped on verso: "Must be credited as / Photo. by Bain News Service / [address in New York City, New York] / Licensed for use of original purchaser only."
Creation Date1919-03-04SubjectSoldiersBalloonsUnited States. ArmyExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 5 x 7 in.LanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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