1800s Archive · Military aviation

Prof. T. Lowe making a balloon ascension on a reconnoitring expedition to Vienna, Va.

Vienna · 1861

Prof. T. Lowe making a balloon ascension on a reconnoitring expedition to Vienna, Va., Vienna, 1861
Prof. T. Lowe making a balloon ascension on a reconnoitring expedition to Vienna, Va., Vienna, 1861. Military aviation — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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