Balloons
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aerostats; Military balloons
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011324
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Keyser Early Aviation Photograph Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1991-07-26
Contents of the Collection
The Margaret Keyser Early Aviation Photograph Collection includes approximately 70 black-and-white photographs of assorted aircraft, 1918-1940 (bulk dates 1920s-1930s). Sizes range from 3x5" to 16x20" and many images include brief captions that provide contextual information, such as aircraft model, location, or date. A sample of identified aircraft includes the Boeing P-12E, Curtiss O-1 Falcon, Douglas B-23, Keystone Bomber, and Thomas-Morse O-19. There are also several shots of...
Dates:
1918-1940; Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Marc A. Lagen World War I Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-18
Abstract
Marc Aloysius Lagen (1882-1946), originally from Dubuque, Iowa, was a theatrical manager who served as Captain in the Balloon Section of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. The collection contains documents, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera relating to his World War I career.
Dates:
1914-1948; Majority of material found within 1918-1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Samuel E. White Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-02-15
Abstract
Samuel Elbert White served in various balloon companies of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. The collection documents his training in the United States and his service overseas.
Dates:
circa 1918-1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mark Winters Stereograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2011-04-22
Abstract
The Mark Winters Stereograph Collection contains forty-eight (48) stereograph images of World War I scenes printed by the Keystone View Company.
Dates:
circa 1914-1921
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
[Man in balloon basket and serviceman holding two bombs], circa 1914-1918
Item — Box Glass plates box 7, item: 324
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
With more than 229 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, non-aircraft files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1914-1918
[Observation balloon aloft above servicemen], circa 1914-1918
Item — Box Glass plates box 6, item: 316
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
With more than 229 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, non-aircraft files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1914-1918
[Observation balloon in flight], undated
Item — Box Glass plates box 7, item: 330
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
With more than 229 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, non-aircraft files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...
Dates:
undated
[People gathered underneath German observation balloon], circa 1914-1918
Item — Box Glass plates box 6, item: 314
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
With more than 229 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, non-aircraft files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1914-1918
Ross Field, California balloons, circa 1910s-1920s
File — Box 3, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Early Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of unknown origins consisting of 328 black-and-white photographic prints and 299 negatives primarily depicting aircraft from the first half of the 20th century. Some airships, airports, pilots, and other subjects are also depicted in the photographs. The collection is arranged into two series: Airplane photographs and Non-airplane photographs. The first series, Airplane Photographs, makes up the bulk of the collection with...
Dates:
circa 1910s-1920s
Series V. Balloons and Dirigibles
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series contains visual and textual items that depict various balloons and dirigible aircraft. Notable crafts include Aerolift Cyclo-Crane. This is a small series within the collection.
Dates:
circa 1939-2010
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