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University of Chicago Library

Guide to Images of Hot Air Balloons and Whitehead's Airplane circa 1968

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Images of Hot Air Balloons and Whitehead's Airplane

Dates:

circa 1968

Manuscript Number:

Crerar Ms 254

Size:

4 items

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

Four newspaper clippings pertaining to balloons and airplanes. Three clippings sources have been identified as The Week Magazine, Chicago American, and The Chicago Sun-Times.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Images of Hot Air Balloons and Whitehead's Airplane, Crerar Ms 254, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Scope Note

Four newspaper clippings pertaining to balloons and airplanes. One article, entitled “Who Flew First?,” from This Week Magazine, describes the controversy surrounding Gustav Whitehead. Whitehead allegedly flew in a plane two years before the Wright Brothers. Another clipping, a picture of two balloons carrying passengers, is labeled “Aerostats Balloon Flying Field, Tolland, Connecticut.” A third clipping, from the Chicago American, depicts the world’s tallest balloon as it attempted to set a new balloon altitude record. The fourth clipping is a story from the Chicago Sun-Times entitled “Two Killed When Balloon Hits Power Line.” That story contains two large photographs of the balloon and some text.

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Subject Headings

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Crerar Ms 254