Lowe’s Union Army Balloon Corps

Thaddeus Lowe’s Union Army Balloon Corps poses some time during the Civil War with an inflated balloon and observation basket near an unidentified battlefield.

The second image is a portrait of Thaddeus Lowe and his horse at a Union Army encampment. Images from the National Air and Space Museum Collection.

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