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Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).

Date: January 17, 1911

Creator: Keller, James M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Military Observation Balloon]

Postcard of a military observation balloon. A group of soldiers and some children surround the balloon and look on as a few individuals secure the balloon to the ground.

Date: [1910..1920]

Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Four Men in a Hot Air Balloon]

Photograph of four men standing in between two painted pictures that make it appear as though they are standing in a hot air balloon. Three of them wear flat caps, while the third, who is labeled Paul, wears a straw hat. A sign on the hot air balloon painting reads "Above Them All In Hico."

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Scenes of Soldier Life

Series of postcards depicting military personnel at a base or camp. Each postcard has a short description printed on the front, and the include photos of drills, leisure activities, military aircrafts. The envelope is addressed to Miss Marguerite Car[r]ett in Dripping Springs, Texas and is from "A Soldier Boy." The postmark is from San Antonio, Texas and is dated "J.J.N. 27 5:30PM [..]."

Date: [1913..]

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead

Flying-Machine.

Patent for a flying machine consisting of a cigar-shaped balloon guided by a light-weight gasoline engine.

Date: August 12, 1913

Creator: Sipes, Alfred M.