United States Army Balloons World War I Album
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United States. Army. Air Service. Army Balloon School
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[no year]
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0.66 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0276
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This photo album consists of about 60 photographs documenting the activities and training at Fort Omaha, Nebraska, in 1918. Included are photographs of observation balloons from the 79th Balloon Company and Major Henry Rogers, Wing Commander. There are also views from the air and on the field of balloons and men, from Brook Field, San Antonio, Texa...
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Wise, John, 1808-1879
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1850-1870
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0.35 Cubic Feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2001.0002
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The John and Charles Wise Ballooning Collection contains material related to American ballooning pioneer John Wise (1808-1870) and his son Charles.
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Thompson Brothers Balloon & Parachute Company
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[ca. 1903-1939]
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0.4 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0014
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of memorabilia and records relating to the company, including clippings, copperplates, expense accounts, photos, and so forth. The collection also includes a manuscript by Frank H. Thompson (1971) giving a history of the company.
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1889-1910
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 slim legal document box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1991.0075
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Carl Myers (1842-1925) was a meteorologist, photographer and balloonist. In 1875, Myers and his wife Mary ("Carlotta, Queen of the Air") began experimenting with balloons and made their first ascensions in 1880. Myers constructed and flew a variety of balloons and airships, and worked on the following technical advances: he developed a varnishing machine for producing fabrics impervious to hydrogen gas; he produced a portable system for generating hydrogen gas; he patented an apparatus for guiding balloons; and he made the first balloon ascension using natural gas as the lifting medium. Myers manufactured balloons for the U.S. Weather Bureau's rainmaking experiments and also supplied the United States Army Signal Corps (USASC) with twenty-one balloons for use in Spanish American War. Myers retired in 1910. The collection consists of 91 images of the following: balloons, airships, and aeronautical gear in various stages of construction and flight; interior and exterior views of the Carl Myers Balloon Farm; and a number of portraits taken of the family and visitors, including Thomas C. Benbow, a noted pioneering aeronaut. It also contains correspondence written by Myers to Professor Henry Allen (H.A.) Hazen, a meteorologist connected with the United States Signal Office, and one letter to George E. Curtis, head of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
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Morgan , Fred
- Dates:
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1918
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0.01 Cubic feet (legal folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.1208
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of nine copy prints of Fred Morgan and the 69th Balloon Company, American Expeditionary Forces, circa fall 1918.
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Krainik, Cliff
- Dates:
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1859-1934
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3.19 Cubic feet (2 shoeboxes; 3 flatboxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1990.0009
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This 19th and 20th century ballooning memorabilia collection contains the following items, which have been meticulously inventoried: 112 stereoscopic photographs; 107 photographs; 84 postcards, trade cards, valentines, and similar items; 80 prints; and 23 miscellaneous items.
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Unknown
- Dates:
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1769-1918
bulk 1869-1875
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0.25 Cubic feet (1 slim legal box)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0137
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Early Ballooning Prints collection contains .25 cubic feet of material related to early ballooning history.
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Cathcart, Donald Guthrie, 1889-
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1932-1965
bulk 1932-1951
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0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0344
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following: photographs of Donald Cathcart during training at the Army Balloon schools at Arcadia, California (Ross Field) and at Ft. Omaha, Nebraska; miscellaneous material on the National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans (NAABCV) including copies of "Haul Down & Ease Off", the official publication of the NAABCV, membership lists; and several copies of the "Wingfoot Lighter than Air Society Bulletin".
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- Dates:
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1857
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 quarter-plate ambrotype)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0617
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This quarter-plate ambrotype made by an unknown photographer shows the balloon ascension by John Steiner at Erie, Pennsylvania, on June 18, 1857.
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- Dates:
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1909
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0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0980
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 1909 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race was held in October in Zurich, Switzerland. This collection consists of a Balloon Passport issued to the Clouth V for the event.