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Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Putting the Indian sign on Axis dive bombers and strafing planes. This barrage balloon, under control of a Marine unit in training at Parris Island, South Carolina is part of a plane trap that protects important ground installations. Planes cannot come close to a number of these balloons swaying in tactical formation, with steel cables trailing, without the danger of shearing off wings

The Graft [i.e., Graf] Zeppelin over Jerusalem

Parris Island, South Carolina. Tactical formations of barrage balloons prevent dive bombing and the strafing of important ground installations. The Leathernecks are developing an excellent technique in this method of protecting important locations from enemy aircrafts

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Graf Zeppelin. View over U.S. Capitol

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.

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Date

01/01/1920
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Contributors

Horydczak, Theodor, approximately 1890-1971, photographer
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Aviators and Airplanes in DC

National Capital: The good old days of aviation
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Location

The Capitol ,  38.88983, -77.00887
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Library of Congress
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Publication may be restricted. For information see "Horydczak Collection" (http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/100_hory.html)

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World War I - American Red Cross

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