09371uNavy FRSS balloon, – Antique Wall Art
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09371uNavy FRSS balloon, 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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09371uNavy FRSS balloon,
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The record identifies this as a Navy balloon, with "FRSS" in its title, though the record does not say what the abbreviation stands for or when the picture was taken. Naval forces used lighter-than-air craft for observation, spotting enemy ships and submarines, and directing gunfire from the air, with the U.S. Navy expanding its balloon programs during World War I. Pictures like this one show how those craft were handled on the ground, tethered and inflated for launch. Balloons of this kind were among the early tools that later led to the Navy's airships and blimps.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,026 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 09371uNavy FRSS balloon, |
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