Keystone View Company Observation Balloons near Coblenz, Germany.

GLC09584.261

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GLC#
GLC09584.261-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1914-1918
Author/Creator
Keystone View Company
Title
Observation Balloons near Coblenz, Germany.
Place Written
Germany
Pagination
1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm
Primary time period
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Sub-Era
World War I

An observation balloon floats upwards to the sky with two soldiers in its wicker basket, who look downwards at the crowd below. Next to it, another blimp is in the process of being inflated.

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