Tag: World War I

Balloon on barge, 1914-1918

A small steam boat pulls the barges over Lake Biel with the captive balloon inside: Balloon experimental company, 1914-1918
Original: Glass plate negative; silverbromide.
Maker / photographer: Santschi
Original caption: A small steam boat pulls the barges over Lake Biel with the captive balloon inside: Balloon experimental company, 1914-1918
Original: Glass plate negative.
Maker / photographer: Santschi

Balloon being carried on barge during World War I

With the outbreak of the first world war Switzerland was faced with confusing events – and therefore used captive balloons for clarification. Here on Lake Biel. Image: Swiss Photo Foundation
From: Switzerland and the great war “14/18 – Switzerland and the Great War” in the Zurich State Museum. | src Tages Anzeiger: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/Zerruettung-des-verschonten-Landes-/story/17621214