Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.41.293
Accession#:
2013.41
Credit Line:
Donated by Albert Shaw.
Object Name:
Slide, Transparency
Title:
Released Balloon. July 4, 1959
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
July 4, 1959
Year Range from:
1959
Year Range to:
1959
Description:
A photographic slide in a small cardboard Kodachrome frame (off white with yellow and red corner trim). The frame is labeled "Released Balloon 7—4—59" in handwriting. The image shows a skyward view above Fourth Street, the twin flagpoles of the Juneau Memorial Library visible at the lower and middle left. Part of the library's roof is also visible at right. Mount Juneau looms in the background. At the center of the image, the large yellow balloon is floating into the sky, with an indiscernable rectangular object hanging from it. The number "27" is printed in red ink on the frame at the upper left.
People:
Shaw, Albert
Scheibe, Margaret Shaw
Shaw, Katherine
Search Terms:
Photography
Slide
Juneau
Cityscape
July 4
Parade
4th Street
Juneau Memorial Library
Flag
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