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[Observation balloon in low flight over field] (Item)

Photograph of an observation balloon in low flight over a field, circa 1917-1919.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.

[Servicemen moving observation balloon by its tethers] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen moving an observation balloon by its tethers, circa 1914-1918.Inscription on album page: "Boche baloons [sic]."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Servicemen moving observation balloon by its tethers] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen moving an observation balloon by its tethers, circa 1914-1918.Inscription on album page: "Boche baloons [sic]."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[German servicemen towing balloon out of hangar, Trier, Germany] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen towing a balloon out of its hangar, Trier, Germany, circa 1914-1918.Inscription on album page: "Boche at Treves."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Servicemen holding tethers of observation balloon] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen holding the tethers of an American observation balloon, circa 1916-1919.Inscription on album page: "U.S. observation baloon [balloon]."Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Servicemen gathered around basket of tethered balloon] (Item)

Photograph of servicemen gathered around the basket of a tethered balloon, circa 1914-1918. An airship in its hangar is visible in the background.Part of Album Three from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[Servicemen moving observation balloon by its tethers] (Item)

Photograph of German servicemen moving an observation balloon by its tethers, circa 1914-1918.Inscription on album page: "Boche sausage."Part of Album One from the Nancy Harkness Collection of World War I Photograph Albums, circa 1914-1919.

[German observation balloon] (Item)

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) 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…

[German observation balloon] (Item)

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) 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…

[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…