Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Please check our Hours of Operation page before planning your visit. Click on red bar for more information.
[X]

Lot 6990-2: Kite Balloon, Hampton Roads, circa WWI

<p>Lot 6990-2: Kite Balloon starting up for observation at U.S. Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia, possibly WWI.&nbsp;</p>
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 153KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 352KB)
High (TIFF, 3183x1856px, 15MB)
Caption: Kite Balloon starting up for observation at U.S. Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Virginia, possibly WWI. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/04/29).
Accession #: Lot-6990-2
Related Content
Topic
  • Airships--Balloons-Blimps-Dirigibles
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
  • World War I 1917-1918
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name