"Ballooning: 1782-1972" Exhibit Set Up at A&I Building

Summary

Inflation of a 32 & 1/2 - foot "fire balloon" or Fu-Go, a World War II Japanese attack balloon, for suspension in the Arts and Industries Building (A&I) for the National Air and Space Museum exhibit "Ballooning: 1782-1972," with show director Roger Pineau, and exhibit specialists Ben Snouffer and Bob Klinger.

Subject

• Pineau, Roger 1916-1993
• Snouffer, Benjamin G
• Klinger, Robert L
• Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
• Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
• National Air and Space Museum

Notes

• Digital contact sheet available.
• Selections available as image set.
• Frame selection featured in "The Torch," March 1972.
• Requested from Photographic Services Division by Office of Public Affairs.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 72-2539

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1972
• February 8, 1972

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Aeronautics
• Museums
• Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-2539]

Physical description

35mm;

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