Lincoln Portrayer Charles Roscoe Miles Visiting the Piccard Stratosphere Flight Balloon at Ford Airport, October 1934
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In October 1934, the Piccard stratospheric flight ascended 10.9 miles from Ford Airport field. The magnesium gondola depicted here was carried by a hydrogen balloon. Charles Roscoe Miles, a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, marketed his resemblance via a lecture circuit in the 1930s, where he met Henry Ford and was invited to visit the Museum and Greenfield Village.
In October 1934, the Piccard stratospheric flight ascended 10.9 miles from Ford Airport field. The magnesium gondola depicted here was carried by a hydrogen balloon. Charles Roscoe Miles, a distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, marketed his resemblance via a lecture circuit in the 1930s, where he met Henry Ford and was invited to visit the Museum and Greenfield Village.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
17 October 1934
Subject Date
17 October 1934
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.11368
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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