Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia – 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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Professor Lowe's military balloon near Gaines Mill, Virginia
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Tethered high above the Virginia countryside near Gaines Mill, this scene shows Thaddeus Lowe's observation balloon during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862. Lowe, a professional aeronaut, led the Union Army's balloon corps, and his craft let officers watch Confederate positions and relay observations to the ground by telegraph. The print itself carries a c1910 copyright from the Patriot Publishing Company, so it appears to be a later reproduction of a Civil War-era view. It is a useful reminder that military aviation began decades before powered flight.
| Created / published | c1910. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910. |
| Notes | J148522 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Patriot Publishing Company. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Air operations. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,100 × 2,127 px · prints to 7 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221468 |
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