Inflating a balloon at Camp Ziegler – Antique Wall Art
(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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Inflating a balloon at Camp Ziegler comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Inflating a balloon at Camp Ziegler
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Few pictures on this board show a balloon being readied on the ice, and this one was taken at Camp Ziegler, the base on Alger Island in Franz Josef Land used by the Ziegler Polar Expedition under Anthony Fiala, which set out in 1903. The expedition's ship, the *America*, was lost in the ice, and the men spent the following winters on the island before rescue in 1905. The expedition carried a balloon, which was meant to help survey the terrain from above. The record's subject tags are old and unverified, so the exact purpose of this scene should be checked against expedition accounts.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: USSR--Franz Josef Land; Ships--AMERICA; BI; Ballons; Arctic Exploration--1903; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 537 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138901 |
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