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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05111.02.1346 |
| From Archive Folder | Cartes de visites |
| Title | View of soldiers holding ropes attached to a reconnaissance balloon |
| Date | 1860 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Image shows approximate twenty-one soldiers holding the ropes attached to a floating balloon. In the background are A-frame tents amid trees, with other figures watching the balloon action. Ink inscription on image "2348." Graphite inscription on verso "Professor Lowe in His Balloon Watching the Battle of Fair Oaks" "2.00--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums." |
| Subjects | Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks Station) Civil War Military History Union Forces Aviation Ballooning Science and Technology Battle |
| Theme | Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |