- Collection
- John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
- Title
- John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
- Object ID
- MG0019
- Date Range
- 1850-1993
became a famous aeronaut. Although
balloon ascensions were common at county fairs and carnivals he had never observed
an ascension before he made his first one in Philadelphia in 1835. John Wise
completed 462 balloon ascensions including Lancaster ascensions from Penn Square
and the prison yard.
In the