COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F088.jpg
Title:
Balloon with a message from President Woodrow Wilson being prepared to be sent over enemy lines
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-03-04
Description:
Attached: "S/159821 F.C. UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. BOCHE FIGHTERS GET FIRST NEWS OF OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES. BALLOON SENT IN PRESENCE OF AMERICAN OFFICERS DROP PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS IN TEUTON LINES. Germany keeps her fighters in the darkness to the activities of the outside world, and keeps "feeding" them on her "home-made" knowledge of the great victories that are being accomplished, and how their enemies are suffering. It is only when the French send these "montgolfieres" small balloons up with true information regarding the situation as it is. President Wilson's messages have been liberally distributed by this method among the German troops. Aeroplanes often make trips over the enemy lines to drop pamphlets to the Boche forces below. In the upper photo a little balloon is being prepared for a flight over the enemy's lines with copies of President Wilson's speech advocating war against Austria-Hungary in the presence of an American Officer. 3/4/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airships
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 88
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.
