Professor King's Balloon at Rochester, New York
Artist
Charles Bierstadt
(American, 1819 - 1903)
Dateca. 1872
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 1/16 inches (7.94 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (8.57 × 17.46 cm)
Mount: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (8.57 × 17.46 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.178
SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "C. Bierstadt, Photographer."
InscribedOn mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Niagra Falls N.Y.";
On mount recto, lower left, in black type: "958, Prof. King's Balloon, Rochester N.Y."
Markingsnone
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Terms
"The Balloon Ascension by Prof. King and an Officer of the Signal Service - Its Object," New York Times (September 6, 1872): 2.
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