French observer aboard observation balloon.
<p><b>Original description:</b><br>
FUR-MUFFLERED AND GLOVED, A FRENCH AËRONAUT PREPARED FOR A LONG STAY IN THE AIR TO OBSERVE THE ENEMY'S OPERATIONS<br></p>
This photograph was made from a new type of observation balloon which carries two baskets. The second basket, accommodating the photographer, hangs very near the one shown in the picture.
International Film Service to National Geographic
between 1914 and 1918 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograp331918nati">The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, January, 1918, p. 17</a>