<i>Assman's Balloon</i>
<p>Photo shows William F. Assmann's balloon <i>Miss Sofia</i> beside a gasometer. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, May 3, 1910)<br><i>Miss Sofia</i> was one of Assman's earlier balloons, probably from 1910-11. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://greg.org/archive/2009/08/04/i_like_big_balloons_i_cannot_lie.html">[1]</a></p>
Bain News Service
between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915
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