Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (front of envelope)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / front of envelope
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (back of envelope)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / back of envelope
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (contents)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / contents
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back)
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 / photograph, back
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (front of envelope) - Thumbnail
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (contents) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back) - Thumbnail
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph) - Thumbnail
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph, back) - Thumbnail
Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934 (photograph) - Thumbnail
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Piccard Stratosphere Balloon Flight Photographs and Cover Letter from E.G. Liebold to Jean Piccard, 1934

Summary

The Piccard stratosphere flight departed Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. Jeannette was the first American woman licensed as a balloonist, and first to reach the stratosphere. William Duckwitz's shortwave radio maintained communication until their landing 400-miles away, in Cadiz, Ohio.

The Piccard stratosphere flight departed Ford Airport field on October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a metal gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. Jeannette was the first American woman licensed as a balloonist, and first to reach the stratosphere. William Duckwitz's shortwave radio maintained communication until their landing 400-miles away, in Cadiz, Ohio.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

13 December 1934

Subject Date

23 October 1934

Creators

Liebold, Ernest G. (Ernest Gustav), 1884-1956 

Creator Notes

Letter and photographs sent to Jean Piccard by Ernest Liebold, General Secretary to Henry Ford.

Collection Title

Henry Ford Office Papers 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.285.34.0

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

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