Balloon, at Ft. Myer, Va., during Signal Corps operations, 1907 – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Balloon, at Ft. Myer, Va., during Signal Corps operations, 1907, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Balloon, at Ft. Myer, Va., during Signal Corps operations, 1907
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Fort Myer, just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., was the Army's main site for aeronautical work in 1907, and this stereograph records a balloon there during Signal Corps operations. The Signal Corps had used balloons for observation since the Civil War era, and in 1907 it formed an aeronautical section that later grew into the Army's first air arm. Underwood & Underwood, a firm that sold stereo cards to a mass market, produced the card, so the scene was meant for viewing through a stereoscope in parlors and classrooms. Because the date and caption come from an older record, the exact moment is best read as approximate.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. U-107124. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113368 |
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