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USN 1147067 Balloon "A Century of Progress"

Balloon "A Century of Progress"
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Title: Balloon "A Century of Progress"
Caption: Is mushroomed by 125,000 cubic feet of inflammable hydrogen gas up over the assembled crowd at Soldier's Field, Chicago, Illinois, 4 August 1933. Lieutenant Commander G.W. Settle, USN ascended 5,000 feet in the gondola before plunging to earth due to a faulty valve.
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Catalog #: USN 1147067
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Fri, Aug 04, 1933
After this Year: 1930
Before this Year: 1939
Original Medium: BW Photo
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