Title

Balloons - Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, N.A., Who Built Dirigible Balloon..., 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing.

Caption

Balloons - Captain Thomas Scott Baldwin, N.A., Who Built Dirigible Balloon #1 Except The Engine, Which Was Made By Curtiss, 1914. Pioneer balloonist and U.S. Army major during World War I, the first American to descend from a balloon by parachute.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM22B19_227

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Rights managed

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171,9Mb (5,5Mb) / 22,2in x 30,1in / 6649 x 9036 (300dpi)

Keywords

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