Balloon wrecked by Krupp gun – Historic Reproduction
(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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Balloon wrecked by Krupp gun comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Balloon wrecked by Krupp gun
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The caption on this Bain News Service glass negative credits a Krupp gun with wrecking a balloon, but the record gives no date and the title itself is unverified. Krupp was the German firm that built many of the heavy artillery pieces of the period, and tethered observation balloons were frequent targets because they let spotters watch enemy lines. The Bain collection came from a New York news photo agency active in the early twentieth century, and wartime pictures often reached American readers with captions written far from the front, so the details are worth checking against other sources.
| 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 | 5,779 × 4,228 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-9891 |
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