Extraordinary Balloon Adventure of Two children
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Date
1858Description
Article about the Harvey children and their runaway balloon. The accompanying illustrations show the two children posed together on a chair and depict Ignatio Atchison's discovery of the descended balloon in a tree near his house in Moore's Prairie. Next to the portrait of the children is written, "Leslie [JH] News Oct. 23 1858." For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/557
Subject
Children, Ballooning, Wilson, Samuel, active 1858