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WW1 US ARMY AIR SERVICE BALLOON SCHOOL at ROSS FIELD CA 1919 PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC For Sale
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WW1 US ARMY AIR SERVICE BALLOON SCHOOL at ROSS FIELD CA 1919 PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC:
$295.00
ORIGINAL! RARE!WW1 U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE BALLOON SCHOOL at ROSS FIELD CALIFORNIA 1918-19 PHOTO POSTCARD RPPCWW1 US ARMY AIR SERVICE BALLOON SCHOOL at ROSS FIELD CALIFORNIA 1918-19 PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC (FEBRUARY 22, 1919)Souvenir photo postcard of the WW1 U.S. Army Air Service's U.S. Army Balloon School's " Flying Circus " held on February 22, 1919 at Camp Ross (Airfield) in Arcadia, California.
Photo's montageshows left to right: [a] bi-plane; [b] parachute and balloon in same shot; [c] balloon being secured by group of men; [d] parachute coming to the ground with group of people watching. [e] Balloon amongst the clouds [f] aerial view of base.
Ross Field is a World War 1 military airfield that was located .8 miles south-southwest of Arcadia, California at the old site on Santa Anita Race course. It was one of 32 U.S.Army Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War 1 in April 1917. It operated as a training field between 1918 until 1919. While the Balloon School at Ross Field was in operation, it trained about 200 officers as observers. After the end of WW1, the field was abandoned in the spring of 1919 and most of the men were released from Army service. The Army divested itself of Ross Field on 1 March 1926.
PERIOD HAND OPAQUED ID'd IN THENEGATIVE:
Feb. 22 1919SouvenirFlying Circus U.S. Army Balloon SchoolArcadia Cal. (California)
EXTREMELY FINE WITHE SOME PERIOD ALBUM RESIDUE ON THE REVERSE AND SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 106+ YEARS.
VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST.
SEPIA.
DIMENSIONS: 5 3/8" x 3 3/8"
(please see pictures)
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