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Title:
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Balloon Field at NAS Pensacola, October 1917 - August 1918. |
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Name(s):
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U.S. Navy, Photographer |
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Type of Resource:
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still image |
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Genre:
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Photograph |
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Issuance:
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multipart monograph |
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Date Created:
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1917-10-01 - 1918-08-31 |
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Publisher:
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West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Place of Publication:
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Pensacola, Florida |
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Extent:
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1 photograph, front and back |
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Language(s):
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Eng |
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Summary:
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Aerial photo of the balloon field at NAS Pensacola taken sometime between October 1917 and August 1918. Visible is the dirigible hangar in the lower right corner of the photo. The two dark roofed buildings are "Magazines" which housed ammunition. Clearly visible is the sand shelves below the water just beyond the beach as well. On the back of the photo is descriptive information on when the hangar was built and dismantled penciled in the top left corner. An archival summary is also present on the back of the photo. |
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Identifier:
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uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_c.a.1917-1918photo_balloonfield (IID) |
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Note(s):
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A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project |
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Subject(s):
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Military History -- Architecture -- Environmental History -- Aviation History -- Naval History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- Early 20th Century |
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Held by:
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University of West Florida |
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Held by:
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National Naval Aviation Museum |
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Persistent Link to This Record:
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http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_NAS_1916-1917_c.a.1917-1918photo_balloonfield |
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Use and Reproduction:
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
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Host Institution:
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UWF |
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