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Keystone View Company Observation Balloons near Coblenz, Germany.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.261 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

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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