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"Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks." Balloon receiving gas from portable generators
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"Professor Lowe Inflating Balloon Intrepid To Reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks." Balloon Receiving Gas From Portable Generators
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Creator
Krainik, Cliff
Date
1862
Extent
1 Cartes-de-viste (card photographs) (Wet plate albumen cartes-de-visite photograph, 2.5 x 4 inches.)
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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Photographed by Mathew B. Brady. See also Krainik numbers 4-7, 30, 31, 113, 115, 320, 321 326, and 403.
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Citation
Krainik Ballooning Collection, Acc. 1990-0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Archival materials
Photographs
Cartes-de-viste (card photographs)
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