British Naval Balloon Carrier – 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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British Naval Balloon Carrier comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This glass negative documents a British naval balloon carrier, a vessel built or fitted to transport and launch observation balloons at sea. Such ships were a short-lived step in naval aviation, when navies tested whether a tethered balloon aloft could spot enemy ships or direct gunfire beyond the horizon. The George Grantham Bain Collection, from the Bain News Service, chiefly holds press photographs from the 1900s and 1910s, so the image likely dates from that period. The title comes from the Bain caption data and has not been independently verified, so the exact vessel and date remain uncertain.
| 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 | 5,729 × 4,153 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-21777 |
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