Detail View: Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs: Soldiers holding onto a kite balloon
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Identifier:
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C0502_B001_F019.jpg
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Title:
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Soldiers holding onto a kite balloon
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Creator:
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Underwood & Underwood
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Date:
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1917-10-31
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Description:
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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."
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Subject:
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World War, 1914 - 1918
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Subject:
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Airships
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Geographic Area:
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France
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Decade:
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1910s
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Type:
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Still Image
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Genre/Form:
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war photography
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Genre/Form:
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black-and-white photographs
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Genre/Form:
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group portraits
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Format:
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Photograph; black and white
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Extent:
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8 x 10 in.
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Digital Publisher:
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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
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Collection:
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Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
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Finding Aid:
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https://aspace.gmu.edu/repositories/2/resources/640
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Physical Location:
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Box 1, Folder 19
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Rights Statement:
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Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
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General Note:
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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.
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Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G
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