Written on verso: 'Picture showing in the foreground, first, Lukens Steel Company Main Office. Next residence of Charles L. Huston; then Huston Mansion, and finally the old Lukens Mansion, with the Lukens Steel Co. in the background.'
Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937 (artist)
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Balloons May Be Made Really Useful. Big idea for western railroads! How they may save their passengers from rear-end collisions and themselves from heavy suits for damages!' From Puck Magazine
Written on front: 'Home of Rebecca Lukens, famed nineteenth century woman Ironmaster, it stands amid the twentieth century facilities of Lukens Steel Company, oldest steelmaker in America.'
Various balloons belonging to: 1 - Montgolfier's balloon; 2 - Blanchards; 3 - Charles and Roberts; 4 - Luncardi's; 5 - Baldwin's view over the city of Chester from Lunardi's balloon
Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986 (former owner), Raymond Loewy Associates (originator)
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\"Before - mounted on cabinet of steel tubing and wood construction, cuvered legs, mechanism is exposed but inaccessible for repair. All parts must be finished, since they are dustr-catchers.\
Du Pont, Lammot, 1909-1964 (former owner), Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003 (author)
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Benjamin Franklin and Aeronautics by I. Bernard Cohen - (from a contemporary print)'The first parachute landing was made in England by a Frenchman, Mons. Garnerin descending from a height of about 800 feet'