[Two men performing balloon test for the Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction
![[Two men performing balloon test for the Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C.], [between ca. 1910 and 1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f5/f5d22b0ce131-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Two men performing balloon test for the Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Two men performing balloon test for the Weather Bureau, Washington, D.C.]
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Two men are shown carrying out a balloon test for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington, D.C., a routine but important part of the agency's work in the 1910s. Balloons released into the air carried instruments or were tracked by theodolite to measure wind speed and direction at heights beyond what ground stations could observe. Such upper-air data helped forecasters understand weather systems before aircraft and radiosondes became common. The picture belongs to the Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, which documents Washington life and government activity in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1910 and 1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1930. |
| Notes | Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. |
| Subjects | United States.--Weather Bureau--Equipment & supplies--1910-1930. Balloons--1910-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,258 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-187904 |
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