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Title: First Balloon Voyage.
Identifier(s): graphics:5281; APSimg2333; Graphics Number: 1290
Description: RF Places and Things, no. 17a
Creator: Gardner, Charles
Source: Print Collection;
Subject: Balloons (Aircraft)
Date: 1931

Title: View of scientific balloon at 24,000 feet.
Identifier(s): graphics:3244; APSimg7795; Graphics Number: F8-43-18
Description: View of balloon in flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Balloons (Aircraft)
Date: n. d.

Title: View of scientific balloon at 20,000 feet.
Identifier(s): graphics:3193; APSimg7794; Graphics Number: F8-43-15
Description: View of balloon at 20,000 feet.; Handwritten note on reverse: "Balloon 20,000' -- Photo ship 24, 000' "
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Balloons (Aircraft)
Date: n. d.

Title: View from scientific balloon, "over eroded bad lands."
Identifier(s): graphics:3235; APSimg7796; Graphics Number: F8-43-20
Description: View from balloon in flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Panoramic views; Balloons (Aircraft)
Date: n. d.

Title: "1500 Hydrogen Flasks for Inflating Balloon," postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3321; APSimg7851; Graphics Number: U5-7-114
Description: View of hydrogen flasks.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: Beginning Ascent from 12,000 feet over Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Identifier(s): graphics:3231; APSimg7798; Graphics Number: F8-44-1
Description: View from balloon during stratosphere flight.; Photograph taken during National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight.
Creator: Stevens, Albert William, 1886-1949
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); Aerial photographs; National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: "Constructing Gondola," postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3339; APSimg7849; Graphics Number: U5-7-112
Description: Full length view of two men constructing the gondola for the Explorer II flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: View of two unidentified men, one standing in balloon basket.
Identifier(s): graphics:3337; APSimg7857; Graphics Number: U5-7-140
Description: Full length view of men and balloon basket.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Scale models of the gondola used in the stratosphere flight, postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3324; APSimg7844; Graphics Number: U5-7-104
Description: Models of apparatus carried during the flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: Interior view of gondola for stratosphere flight, with NBC mircrophone.
Identifier(s): graphics:3315; APSimg7853; Graphics Number: U5-7-118
Description: Interior view of gondola.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Two men, seated at table with NBC microphone, gondola for stratosphere flight in background.
Identifier(s): graphics:3330; APSimg7859; Graphics Number: U5-7-155
Description: Full length view of two men seated, preparing radio communication for stratosphere flight.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: View of inflated balloon for stratosphere flight, seen from above.
Identifier(s): graphics:3327; APSimg7861; Graphics Number: U5-8-17
Description: View of inflated balloon, circled by lights.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Two unidentified men, standing outside, working on equipment for stratospheric flight, 3/4 view.
Identifier(s): graphics:3317; APSimg7838; Graphics Number: U5-7-92
Description: View of two men working with equipment.; Similar to APSimg7837.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: View of gondola being wheeled into place for stratosphere flight.
Identifier(s): graphics:3344; APSimg7856; Graphics Number: U5-7-127
Description: Gondola, on wheels, being moved for flight preparation.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Exterior view of apparatus being constructed for stratosphere flight.
Identifier(s): graphics:3309; APSimg7854; Graphics Number: U5-7-122
Description: View of wooden structure being built.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: 12,000 feet, lowering electrograph.
Identifier(s): graphics:3242; APSimg7799; Graphics Number: F8-44-4
Description: View of balloon lowering electrograph, to measure rays in the stratosphere.; Photograph taken during National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight.
Creator: Stevens, Albert William, 1886-1949
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); Aerial photographs; National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: Devil's Tower.
Identifier(s): graphics:3199; APSimg7803; Graphics Number: F8-49-8
Description: View of Devil's Tower.; Photograph taken during National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight.
Creator: Stevens, Albert William, 1886-1949
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); Aerial photographs; National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: View of Stratophere Bowl, postcard.
Identifier(s): graphics:3320; APSimg7848; Graphics Number: U5-7-111
Description: View of site from which stratosphere flight balloon launched, tents visible.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935

Title: View of men working on scientific equipment for stratospheric flight.
Identifier(s): graphics:3343; APSimg7839; Graphics Number: U5-7-91
Description: View of equipment, two men standing behind.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935 November

Title: View of personal of U.S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight.
Identifier(s): graphics:3342; APSimg7836; Graphics Number: U5-7-101
Description: View of personal, working with scientific equipment.
Source: William Francis Gray Swann Papers (Mss.B.Sw1); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Sw1-ead.xml
Subject: Math & Physics ; Explorer II (Balloon); Balloons (Aircraft); National Geographic-Army Air Corps stratosphere flight
Date: 1935