COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F019.jpg
Title:
Soldiers holding onto a kite balloon
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1917-10-31
Description:
Attached: "161035FC - COPYRIGHT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, FROM UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. RELEASED OCT, 31, 1917." GREAT CAPTIVE DIRIGIBLES USED BY FRENCH FOR OBSERVATION. One of the great captive French dirigibles used for observation of the movement of the enemy. These dirigibles are connected by wire with a post below and the findings are either phoned or telegraphed down. Usually the wire is let out from an apparatus similar in many ways to the fishing reel. The wire can move in radius with the ballon. The photo shows one of the dirigibles about to be off. The flights are short, usually. The photo was taken "somewhere on the French front." 10/31/17."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airships
Geographic Area:
France
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 19
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
