Professor Lowe observing the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., from his balloon

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Virginia, Fair Oaks

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Creator / Contributor: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
Taylor, John C., distributor
Title: Professor Lowe observing the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., from his balloon
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: [June 1862], published later
Series: Photographic war history. The war for the Union.
Description: Stereograph: Man in midair in a hot-air balloon basket, many men holding the ropes on the ground.
Notes: Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt Lowe (August 20, 1832-January 16, 1913) An American Civil War aeronaut, scientist and inventor who is the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States. Used balloon to gather intelligence for the Union Army during the Peninsula Campaign.
Institution: New-York Historical Society
Identifier: ad36001
2321
Subject: Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913--Photographs
Balloon ascensions--Photographs
Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862--Photographs
Men--Photographs
Virginia--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Aeronautics, Military--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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