Chinese army balloon – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Chinese army balloon in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Chinese army balloon
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A balloon attributed to the Chinese army is the subject here, though the title comes from caption data that the Bain News Service recorded and that has not been independently verified. Bain's New York agency distributed news photographs from about the 1900s into the 1920s, a period when tethered observation balloons were used by many armies to watch enemy movements and direct artillery. The negative's undated record leaves its exact origin open, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of early military aviation, with its dated details still to be confirmed.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,779 × 4,184 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9861 |
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