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This National Geographic Society-Army Air Corps balloon set a world manned altitude record of 72,395 ft. on Nov. 11, 1935. The pictures show various views of the gondola on the ground, CCC personnel, Army and National Geographic Society personnel, and the balloon being folded into a ground cloth.

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01/01/1935
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The U.S. National Archives
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