DescriptionUnited States Balloon St. Louis, Gordon Bennett Cup, Oct. 21, 1907.jpg
English: Digitally rendered image from original 4 x 5 inch glass plate. The event held at Forest Park, St. Louis was also known as the Great Balloon Race of 1907. The United States was the third balloon to launch, the next one can be seen behind the grandstand. Natural gas was used for inflation.
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Image title
October 21, 1907 United States #3 Balloon Notes: Pilot: Major Henry B. Hersey, this balloon landed at Caledonia, Ontario 2 days later, to make a flight of 650 miles, gas was plain natural gas.
Credit/Provider
Original 4 x 5 glass negative from privately held Carl A. Campen Collection.
Source
Pony Premo Camera, 1/25 sec. exposure, digitally reprocessed 2012