balloon
109 photos and 25 illustrations tagged balloon, from 23 members of Flickr Commons.
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- lighterthanair
- aviation
- xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
- libraryofcongress
- observationballoon
- hotairballoon
- bldigital
- publicdomain
- navalaviation
- mechanicalcurator
- airships
- aircraft
- sandiego
- northisland
- usnavy
- pubplacelondon
- airship
- usn
- unitedstatesnavy
- barrageballoon
- blimp
- ballooning
- man
- large
Members using this tag
- SDASM Archives
- The Library of Congress
- British Library
- NASA on The Commons
- North East Museums
- National Library of Ireland on The Commons
- The Field Museum Library
- National Library NZ on The Commons
- Nationaal Archief
- State Library of New South Wales
- Bibliothèque de Toulouse
- Powerhouse Museum
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Recent uploads
The last upload was 28 June.
Project Echo "Satelloon" from NASA on The Commons uploaded 28 June
PAGEOS Satellite from NASA on The Commons uploaded April 2025
NASA Scientific Balloon in Antarctica from NASA on The Commons uploaded December 2024
23_0006124 SDASM Convair:GD Image from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2023
May 1920 SD Air Meet SDASM Image from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2022
66.88.C SDASM Curatorial Image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2022
T. Keith Glennan Shows LBJ Aluminized Mylar Flim Used to Make Echo I from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2020
1_0106 Rockwell Field 1918-19 Observing from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2020
guy slaughter collection image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2019
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 11, 1927 from State Library of Queensland uploaded May 2018
ryan collection image from sam aikman from SDASM Archives uploaded February 2018
henry cord meyer image from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
Spitzberg - balloon stored, tethered in shed from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2017
Conversations
Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos & illustrations:
Falling balloon and parachute, German photograph [Western Front ?]
- Doc Snafu said:
Filling Army balloon (LOC)
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rightful letters said:
Some sniper could do big damage with a well placed shot.
Behind the scenes at the circus (LOC)
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excellentzebu1050 said:
Beautiful in one word
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Art Siegel said:
Lilian Leitzel was one of the twentieth century's brightest circus stars, and died in a fall due to an equipment failure during a performance in Copenhagen in 1931.
Her biography at the Ringling/Barnum & Bailey site:
www.ringling.com/ContentPage.aspx?id=45835§ion=45825
Flickr user CasualClicks tells her story accompanied by photos of her tomb in Inglewood, California:
www.flickr.com/photos/casualclicks/sets/72157594187838951/
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Art Siegel said:
LOC, you have Dolly Jahn's name spelled two ways in your note. Jahn is the correct spelling. She grew up to be an aerialist with Ringling/Barnum. Here is her obituary. She died at the age of 63 on September 1, 1984. news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19840902&...
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Barbara (LOC P&P) said:
artolog: Thanks for the additional information, alert about the typo, and the citations. We'll adjust the description when we next update.