Preparing balloon car

front of 2025.1008.44

front of 2025.1008.44

Name/Title

Preparing balloon car

Entry/Object ID

2025.1008.44

Description

Photo that has been reversed as evident by the backwards caption, which reads, "Preparing Balloon Car"

Context

Battleship Texas arrived in Scapa Flow on February 11, 1918, where she joined the British Grand Fleet. She patrolled the North Sea throughout 1918, escorted the German High Seas Fleet to surrender on November 21, and departed the Grand Fleet on December 1, 1918.

Collection

Donation (Ryan Flynn), Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1918

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects