Balloonist Oscar Erbslöh in basket holding ropes – Vintage Print
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Balloonist Oscar Erbslöh in basket holding ropes comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Balloonist Oscar Erbslöh in basket holding ropes
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Few images of early ballooning capture the crew as directly as this one, with Oscar Erbslöh standing in the wicker basket and gripping the ropes. Erbslöh was a German aeronaut who competed in the international balloon races of the early 1900s. He died in 1910 after a crash during the Gordon Bennett Cup, which that year was held in the United States, in St. Louis. Pictures like this one show how much of a pilot's work happened by hand, managing lines, ballast and the basket's balance as the gas envelope pulled overhead.
| Original scan | 4,291 × 5,910 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00956u |
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