German Army - Balloon corps – 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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German Army - Balloon corps
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Few details survive for this picture beyond its title, German Army Balloon Corps, which the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or caption card without independent verification. The German army began organizing balloon units in the 1880s and used tethered observation balloons to spot enemy positions and direct artillery, a role that grew sharply during the First World War. The George Grantham Bain Collection, from which this glass negative comes, documents news events and people in the United States and abroad from about 1900 through the 1920s, so the image likely reflects that period's wide interest in military aviation.
| 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 | 5,766 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10945 |
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