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Keystone View Company Attaching Observation Balloon to Winch for Towing into Position, Army of Occupation, Weissenburg, Germany.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.160 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

American troops attach an observation balloon to its winch and prepare it to take off in a field in Weissenburg, Germany.

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