The Third Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, anonymous, 1908

Title(s)

The Third Gordon Bennett Balloon Race

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2007-58

Inscriptions / marks

• annotation: ‘L'Aéro III/ Belgien/ 37906/ 10/10/08 / Schmargendorf/ 10/10/08’

Description

Opstijgende ballon met twee mannen in de mand. Op de voorgrond hoofden van toeschouwers.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Schmargendorf

Dating

10-Oct-1908

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 110 mm × width 84 mm

What

• balloon (aviation)
• (flying a) gas balloon
• balloon flight (sport)

When

• 1908-10-10 - 1908-10-10

Where

• Schmargendorf

Acquisition

purchase 2007

Copyright

Public domain

• Modern Times : photography in the 20th Century, afb. 34