Name/Title
National Balloon Race, Balloon Inflation at St. Joseph, Mo, Photo, 1925Entry/Object ID
P2017.2.104Description
National Balloon Race, Balloon Inflation at St. Joseph, Mo, Photo, 1925. Sepia. Three large white domes in background, people milling about Man affixing flexible tubing to compressed air tanks stacked along field.
Legend glued on back:
International Newsreel Photo #285752
Preparing for the National Balloon Race
St. Joseph, MO Photo shows some of the balloons entered in the National Balloon Race being inflated in preparation for the start of the race, the winners of which are to be named as American representatives in the forthcoming International Balloon Contests. According to final reports, W. T. VanOrman, piloting the Goodyear, 3rd, was the winner, having covered approximately 600 miles before being compelled to land at Reform, Ala. The veteran balloonist Captain Honeywell in the St. Joseph, was second, having been aloft about 540 miles, and making a landing at Aberdeen, Miss. NY.E. 5-4-25"Collection
Marshall & Melanie WhiteMade/Created
Date made
1925Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Balloon Race in St. JosephProvenance
Notes
Photos collected by donor from purchases at various flea markets and estate sales.