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NH 44038 Portable Balloon Hydrogen Gas Generator

Portable Balloon Hydrogen Gas Generator
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Title: Portable Balloon Hydrogen Gas Generator
Caption: Photo of equipment used in Professor T.S. Lowe's balloon operations in 1861 during the Civil War.
Description: Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution
Catalog #: NH 44038
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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After this Year: 1860
Before this Year: 1869
Original Medium: BW Photo
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