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Title: United States Army Balloon School at Ross Field--Readying Balloon for Flight
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1917
Publication Information: Arcadia Public Library
Contributing Institution: Arcadia Public Library
Collection: Arcadia History Collection
Rights Information: Public domain
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Description: U.S. Army Balloon School at Ross Field in Arcadia, California. Maneuvering officer (extreme right) leading about 23 men in readying balloon to take on observers and go aloft. Identification was given by H.F. Paden, August 1978. Mr.Paden was an officer at the Balloon School. Field is totally flat.
Type: image
Format: 1 black and white photographic print; 14 x 21 cm
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6m3nd4qm
caarpl_124
154
Language: English
Subject: Airships
Military training camps--California--Arcadia
Soldiers--United States
World War, 1914-1918--Balloons
United States. Army. Balloon Section
Place: Arcadia (Calif.)
Ross Field (Calif.)
Source: Arcadia Public Library Image Archives

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