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Birdseye view of New York and Brooklyn, U.S.A

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Bedding down a big barrage balloon is just another job that the leathernecks take in stride as special marine units are trained at Parris Island, South Carolina. "Purging" it with fresh gas before it goes aloft again and running it up into a tactical formation under control of a steel cable are other features of a technique at which the marines have become very proficient

Parris Island. Marine Corps barrage balloons. Bedding down a big barrage balloon is just another job that the leathernecks take in stride as special marine units are trained at Parris Island, South Carolina. "Purging" it with fresh gas before it goes aloft again and running it up into a tactical formation under control of a steel cable are other features of a technique at which the marines have become very proficient

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Professor Lowe's balloon "Eagle" in a storm

Professor Lowe in his balloon - 19th century Virginia.

Professor Lowe in his balloon - 19th century Virginia.

Professor Lowe inflating the balloon Intrepid from gas in balloon Constitution

Kite balloon in "Well" of U.S.S. Wright

Lowe, Prof. T.S.C. (military balloonist). Glass Plate Negative, American Civil War time.

Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks

Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks

Balloon race, American balloon "Conqueror" bursting aloft, Berlin

Professor Lowe's balloon "Eagle" in a storm

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Print shows Union soldiers trying to prevent Professor Lowe's balloon from being blown away during a storm.

Landauer Collection.

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The War balloon at General M'Dowell's head-quarters preparing for a reconnoissance / sketched by Ed. Pietsch.

Experience du globe aerostatique du MM. Charles et Robert au Jardin des Thuileries le 1er decembre 1783

Farmer handling tobacco earth, hard and dry after hard rain and hot sun. Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Vesuvius Dam, Across Storms Creek near intersection of County Roads 20 & 29, Ironton, Lawrence County, OH

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The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm / E.F.

Complex clouds form after many inches of rain over several days near Stockton, California

George Washington Papers, Series 4, General Correspondence: Lewis Casimir, Baron de Holtzendorff, August 16, 1777, Prospectus on Military Tactics; in French

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lowe t s c thaddeus sobieski coulincourt balloons aircraft military personnel union storms rain history civil war military tactics wood engravings professor lowe professor lowe balloon eagle storm 1861 professor lowe balloon book illustrations united states history library of congress