Balloonist Jean Piccard Visiting Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village, November 1933
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The Piccard stratosphere flight departed Ford Airport October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a magnesium gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. The Piccards were guests of Henry Ford at the Dearborn Inn while Jeannette trained for flight. This image shows Jean signing a sheet of paper at Thomas Edison's desk in the Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village.
The Piccard stratosphere flight departed Ford Airport October 23, 1934. Spouses Jean and Jeannette Piccard ascended 10.9 miles in a magnesium gondola carried by a hydrogen balloon. The Piccards were guests of Henry Ford at the Dearborn Inn while Jeannette trained for flight. This image shows Jean signing a sheet of paper at Thomas Edison's desk in the Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
27 November 1933
Subject Date
27 November 1933
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Piccard, Jean Felix, 1884-1963
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.188.9748.A
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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