balloonist
16 photos tagged balloonist, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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- libraryofcongress
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- balloonists
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- ralphhazlettupson
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- engineer
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Recent uploads
The last upload was June 2023.
C.K. Wollam & W.T. Van Orman (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded June 2023
guy slaughter collection image from SDASM Archives uploaded March 2019
Ralph Upson (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded February 2019
george dong collection image from SDASM Archives uploaded May 2018
meyer0074.tif from SDASM Archives uploaded December 2017
Ralph H. Upson (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2015
AL-60 Kelly Album Image _00072 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2014
AL-60 Kelly Album Image _00027 from SDASM Archives uploaded April 2014
R.H. Upson (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2011
M.D. Tremelin (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded May 2011
AC.Ande.M.001 Maxie Anderson from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2010
Van Orman, Ward from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2010
Van Orman, Ward from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2010
Felix Nadar in a balloon, late 1860's / photographer Felix Nadar from State Library of New South Wales uploaded April 2010
Conversations
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Hugo Kaulen (LOC)
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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Kaulen, a German balloonist, set the world's long-distance flight record in 1913, when he and two passengers covered 1865 miles in a balloon. The record was still standing in 1927.
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Richard Norton said:
I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Kaulen
Ralph H. Upson (LOC)
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swanq said:
Upson was one of the builders of the Goodyear Blimp.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-class_blimp and
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swanq said:
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Hazlett_Upson
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B-59 said:
A cropped version of this photo appeared in the Evening star., September 16, 1917, Image 56 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-09-16/ed-... Another version of the same photo ran in the East Oregonian, September 14, 1917, DAILY EVENING EDITION, Image 7 with the caption: "Ralph H. Upson, the young aviaitor, recently flew 320 miles from Chicago to Akron, O. in a new dirigible being tried out by the war department. During the trouble with Mexico he served on the border as scout for the Ohio Field Battery, and operated kite ballons over the Mexican forces." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn88086023/1917-09-14/ed-1/seq-7 The photo is also in fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Chicago%20IL%20Tribune/...
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Karen (LOC P&P) said:
B-59: Thank you for providing this information. We'll add it to the record next time we update.