Spotting the Turks; motor-winch pays out the cable for an observation balloon about to ascend.

Spotting the Turks; motor-winch pays out the cable for an observation balloon about to ascend.

Photograph

Spotting the Turks; motor-winch pays out the cable for an observation balloon about to ascend.

From The Great War


ca. 1915
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0077
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 122 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / Spotting the Turks; motor-winch pays out the cable / for an observation balloon about to ascend.

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