Spokane, Wash -- Weathermen at the Spokane Weather Bureau struggle against gale winds to get a helium-filled balloon away from buildings before releasing it. Gusts up to 72 miles an hour were recorded at the nearby Geiger air tower. The balloon is equipped with transmitters to report temperatures and wind velocities back to the station.

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Title:
Spokane, Wash -- Weathermen at the Spokane Weather Bureau struggle against gale winds to get a helium-filled balloon away from buildings before releasing it. Gusts up to 72 miles an hour were recorded at the nearby Geiger air tower. The balloon is equipped with transmitters to report temperatures and wind velocities back to the station.
Title (alt.):
Weathermen at the Spokane, Wash., weather bureau struggle against gale winds to get a helium-filled balloon away from buildings before releasing it. Gusts up to 72 miles an hour were recorded at the nearby Geiger air tower. The balloon is equipped with transmitters to report temperatures and wind velocities back to the station.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Weather: Misc: Balloons
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Weather
Balloons (Aircraft)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/zc77x142s
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Weather Balloons.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001474_0011
Barcode:
39999088103716