Inspection of balloon during U.S. Signal Corps operations at Ft. Myer, Va., 1907 – Historic Print
(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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Inspection of balloon during U.S. Signal Corps operations at Ft. Myer, Va., 1907 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Inspection of balloon during U.S. Signal Corps operations at Ft. Myer, Va., 1907
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Fort Myer, in Virginia just across the Potomac from Washington, was the home of the Army's balloon work in the first years of the twentieth century, and this stereograph shows an inspection of a balloon during Signal Corps operations there around 1907. The Signal Corps ran the Army's aeronautical program, and its balloon companies used gas-filled envelopes for observation and reconnaissance, a role that would soon be overtaken by airplanes. Underwood & Underwood, a firm known for stereo cards sold to households and schools, issued the image as a paired view meant to be seen through a viewer for a three-dimensional effect. The record is based on an old caption card, so some details may have been revised over time.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-107118. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,262 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113365 |
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