Hot air balloons
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Balloon ascension circular
Collection — Folder S3429
Identifier: S3429
Dates:
1873
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Balloon ascension circular
Jupiter air mail balloon trip photographs
Collection — Folder SP099
Identifier: SP099
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three photographs in Lafayette, Indiana on August 16 or 17, 1859, depicting the air balloon Jupiter in downtown Lafayette waiting to depart on the first official airmail journey.
Dates:
1859/08/16-1859/08/17