stevens

Is this the balloon launched from atop the John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia?

So many wonderful photos...thank you for sharing them, and for all of your good work.

This is probably Leo Stevens, balloonist here in the 1906 NYT: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE6D81F3DE633A... And here (1906): query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A05E7D6103EE733A... See other L. Stevens image showing the man himself here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162732173/ And I think our friend undeadsinatra has been at work making all the connections here before me - judging by the tags for this image.

We'll add Steven's complete name to the source catalog and reload the description. Thanks!

It does look like that balloon. Seems to be a July 8, 1911 date on there.

"Silver Queen" Consolidated B-24J-145-CO Liberator s/n 44-40148 344th BS, 98th BG, 15th AF Front Row (L-R): Wilson Rapp - Navigator Ray Smith - Co-Pilot Jack Stevens - Pilot Bill Voss - Bombardier Back Row )L-R): Oscar Cushing - Ball Turret Gunner Walter Bohnenstiehl - Radio Operator Louis Marcarelli - Engineer (KIA,July 22,1944) Herb Vaughn - Top Turret Gunner Don Good - Waist Gunner Ben Bertalot - Tail Gunner This crew was originally assigned to the 791st BS, 467th BG, 8th AF.

There was a Judge John L. Stevens of Boone, Iowa, according to query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940CE6DD1630E233A... A John L. Stevens was commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1851 according to: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F01E5DB113FE633A... and another John L. Stevens was a diplomat who conspired to overthrow the Queen of Hawaii in 1893, and died in 1895. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Stevens Only the first seems a candidate based on the period of the Bain photos. He appears to have campaigned for Teddy Roosevelt in 1914. See www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/1999/04/01/import/1999040...

This is Judge John Loomis Stevens who was as well a candidate for governor of Iowa. My G G Grandfather.

@Swang, Teddy Roosevelt's last campaign was in 1912, when he ran for President on the Progressive Party "Bull Moose" ticket. In 1914, he was recuperating after his return from a months-long, near-fatal journey through the Amazon wilderness, exploring the River of Doubt.

@carrierasmussen Hi Carrie, We've run across each other on Ancestry as well. Judge John Loomis Stevens was aslo my GG Grandfather. As to the posts about Teddy Roosevelt. I remember seeing a picture of Teddy Roosevelt on his horse at their home in Iowa. It was in a photo albumm of my Grandfather John Stevens Scott. I also know they had some affiliation with Boone IA.

carrierasmussen see my post above