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[German observation balloon and hangar] (Item)

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 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…

[Balloon and zeppelin in hangar] (Item)

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…

[German observation balloon] (Item)

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) 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…

[German observation balloon] (Item)

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 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…

[Balloon and airship in hangar] (Item)

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…

[Soldiers with balloon basket] (Item)

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 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…

[Salmson 2 A2 aircraft in flight near an observation balloon] (Item)

Photograph of a Salmson 2 A2 aircraft (fuselage number 4) of the 90th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, in flight near an observation balloon, circa 1917-1919. Inscription on album page: "U.S. Observation baloon [sic] and Salmson plane."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

Preparing to reconnoiter the enemy's position (Item)

Stereograph, "Preparing to Reconnoitor the Enemy's Position – Officers Entering the Cradle of a Captive Balloon," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features a group of soldiers gathered underneath a tethered observation balloon. Caption on verso describes the military uses of balloons and other aircraft during the war. Typed caption: "18077 – Preparing to Reconnoiter the Enemy's…

[Servicemen in balloon basket] (Item)

Photograph of two servicemen in a balloon basket, circa 1918.

[Balloon winch] (Item)

Photograph of a balloon winch, circa 1918.

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