Austrian balloon to test air currents – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Austrian balloon to test air currents in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Austrian balloon to test air currents
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This glass negative shows an Austrian balloon, which the Bain News Service described as being used to test air currents. The record gives no date, so the exact occasion is unconfirmed. Balloons were a common tool for studying winds at altitude in the early 1900s, when meteorologists and aeronauts were still working out how air moved above the ground. The Bain News Service, a New York picture agency, supplied photographs to newspapers of that era, and its glass negatives capture the period's fascination with flight.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,141 × 5,703 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21694 |
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