Observation Balloon on Fire, Poignant Annotated Photo of Photo, WWI Real Photo Postcard antique dye colors all with blank backs

all with blank backs

and the sides are joined by tiny brass nails

There is a fair amount of staining and foxing to the surface of the cardstock-weight target sheet

13 3/4" l measured on the square

Born in 1879

Observation Balloon on Fire, Poignant Annotated Photo of Photo, WWI Real Photo Postcard antique dye colors all with blank backsThe striking image here I believe is specifically of a German observation balloon being attacked by British planes during WWI poetically described in the handwritten annotation on this real photo postcard as "Observation balloon on fire." It is of course the dramatic, potent image itself that drew me to this, but I also find it quite evocative metaphorically (living in a surveillance state as we do) and looking closely one can see this is actually a