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Inspection at Balloon Field, 1922

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Summary:
Photo taken in 1922 along the railroad tracks on the western edge of the Balloon Field at NAS Pensacola. Pictured are Marine and Navy personnel assembled for inspection. In the upper right are four teams of horses and at least six open railcars on the track. Bayou Grande is visible at the top of the photograph.
Title: Inspection at Balloon Field, 1922.
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Name(s): U.S. Navy, Photographer
Type of Resource: still image
Genre: Photograph
Issuance: single unit
Date Created: 1922
Publisher: West Florida History Center, UWF Libraries, digitized from materials loaned by the National Naval Aviation Museum
Place of Publication: Pensacola, Florida
Extent: 1 photograph, front
Language(s): Eng
Summary: Photo taken in 1922 along the railroad tracks on the western edge of the Balloon Field at NAS Pensacola. Pictured are Marine and Navy personnel assembled for inspection. In the upper right are four teams of horses and at least six open railcars on the track. Bayou Grande is visible at the top of the photograph.
Identifier: uwfnam_NAS_1921-1922_circa1922_inspectiononballoonfield(2) (IID)
Note(s): A Project of the Gulf Coast Maritime Digital Portal Project
Subject(s): Technology -- Aviation History -- Naval History -- Military History -- Gulf Coast -- Pensacola, Florida -- 1920's -- Early 20th Century
Held by: University of West Florida
Held by: National Naval Aviation Museum
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/uwfnam_NAS_1921-1922_circa1922_inspectiononballoonfield(2)
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Host Institution: UWF