1800s Archive · Military aviation

Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid"

United States · 1862

Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid", United States, 1862
Fair Oaks, Va. Prof. Thaddeus S. Lowe observing the battle from his balloon "Intrepid", United States, 1862. Military aviation — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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