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![[Lieut. W. Reed, Pensacola, Florida, and Chief Rigger Kit Mallenax of Pensacola, flyers of one of the Navy balloons in the Milwaukee race, standing under balloon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvbGlldXQtdy1yZWVkLXBlbnNhY29sYS1mbG9yaWRhLWFuZC1jaGllZi1yaWdnZXIta2l0LW1hbGxlbmF4LW9mLXBlbnNhY29sYS1mbHllcnMtMjI2NzUwLTEwMjQuanBn/320/407/jpg "[Lieut. W. Reed, Pensacola, Florida, and Chief Rigger Kit Mallenax of Pensacola, flyers of one of the Navy balloons in the Milwaukee race, standing under balloon]")
![[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3ODMvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFlcm9zdGF0aWMtZ2xvYmUtYmFsbG9vbi1iZWxvbmdpbmctdG8tamFjcXVlcy1jaGFybGVzLWFuZC1tYXJpZS1ub2VsLXJvYmVydC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[The 'Aerostatic globe' balloon, belonging to Jacques Charles and Marie-Noel Robert, descending on the plain of Nesle, near Beaumont, France]")
![[Blount Building, Pensacola, Fla.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvYmxvdW50LWJ1aWxkaW5nLXBlbnNhY29sYS1mbGEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Blount Building, Pensacola, Fla.]")
![[Myles Standish and Old Colony, side wheelers, at dock, possibly Massachusetts]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbXlsZXMtc3RhbmRpc2gtYW5kLW9sZC1jb2xvbnktc2lkZS13aGVlbGVycy1hdC1kb2NrLXBvc3NpYmx5LW1hc3NhY2h1c2V0dHMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Myles Standish and Old Colony, side wheelers, at dock, possibly Massachusetts]")
![[Vicksburg, Miss. Levee and steamboats] - stereocsopic card](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvdmlja3NidXJnLW1pc3MtbGV2ZWUtYW5kLXN0ZWFtYm9hdHMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/39/webp "[Vicksburg, Miss. Levee and steamboats] - stereocsopic card")
![[Theodore Roosevelt on deck of ship waving with his hat to a cheering crowd aboard another ship]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvdGhlb2RvcmUtcm9vc2V2ZWx0LW9uLWRlY2stb2Ytc2hpcC13YXZpbmctd2l0aC1oaXMtaGF0LXRvLWEtY2hlZXJpbmctY3Jvd2QtOWRjMzYwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "[Theodore Roosevelt on deck of ship waving with his hat to a cheering crowd aboard another ship]")
![[San Diego, seen from balloon] - Public domain dedication image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvc2FuLWRpZWdvLXNlZW4tZnJvbS1iYWxsb29uLTAwMDQxOS02NDAuanBn/40/8/webp "[San Diego, seen from balloon] - Public domain dedication image")
