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U.S. airships, balloons, pilots, balloonists, and inventors
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States Illinois--Streator |
| Description | LOT 10960-1: Photographs show early airships; flights; crashes (including that of John A. Morrell, May 23, 1908); interior of William Reifschneider's "balloon shop" at Streator, Illinois; Mark O. Anthony's radio-directed airship (1909). Airships designed by Thomas S. Baldwin, Lincoln Beachey, Alonzo P. Bliven (Yankee Bird), August Greth, Charles Oliver Jones (Boomerang), Roy Knabenshue, F.M. Mahan, Carl E. Myers, Col. Tony Nassr, J. Strobel, J.L.B. Templer (Nulli Secundus), and Ziegler. Portraits of Anthony, Baldwin, Beachey, Knabenshue, and Nassr. Also, the airship Roald Amundsen used to fly to the North Pole. LOT 10960-2: Photographs show balloonists, races, and ascensions by James Bemis, W.D. Boyce, Oscar Erbslöh, A. Holland Forbes, Samuel A. King, Lovelace, Capt. H.P. Slotterbeck, G.E. Smith, Leo Stevens, and Ziegler. Also, ballooning trophies, crashes, wedding party aloft, and first ascension of Aero Club at Tuxedo, New York. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aircraft accidents--United States--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aircraft industry--Illinois--Streator--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aeronautics--United States--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Anthony, Mark O. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Baldwin, Thomas S.--(Thomas Scott),--1854-1923. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Balloonists--American--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Inventors--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Balloon ascensions--United States--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Knabenshue, Roy,---1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Balloon racing--United States--1900-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Nassr, Tony. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Beachey, Lincoln J.,--1887-1915. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Airships--American--1900-1920. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
