Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks

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Virginia, Fair Oaks

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Creator / Contributor: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896, copyright holder
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896
Title: Professor Lowe inflating Balloon Intrepid to reconnoiter Battle of Fair Oaks
Collection Title: Civil War stereographs, 1861-1865.
Publisher: New-York Historical Society
Date: [June1862]
Series: Brady's Album Gallery
Description: Stereograph: Hot-air balloon being inflated, crowd watches.
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: ad36003
2326
Subject: Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913--Photographs
Balloon ascensions--Photographs
Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862--Photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs
Aeronautics, Military--Photographs
Virginia--Photographs
Material type or medium of original: Stereograph
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