Inflation of a captive balloon at Aberdeen, MD. The balloon, known as Polomar Pasha Va, has a capacity to hold 37,000 cubic feet of gas. Photo taken on February 26, 1919, by CPL. N. A. Coombs, Photo is labeled as 111-SC-39878 in the archive and was issued with the notes mentioned as C.

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