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John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Title
John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Object ID
MG0019
Date Range
1850-1993
. W. Wilbur, W. H. Wise, John Wiseman, Frederick J. Wolcott, Charles Wolf, Constance Woodruff, J. C. Wright, Wilbur Young, Pearl Wise, John Subject headings: Balloonists (LHo-LOC sh 85011323) Ballooning (LHo-LOC sh 90002491) Hot air balloons (LHo-LOC sh 85062431) Aeronautics (LHo-LOC sh 85001319
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John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Title
John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection
Description
The John Wise and History of Ballooning Collection contains material about John Wise, a pioneering balloonist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the history of ballooning. Articles written by and about John Wise provide information about the man and his career. The bulk of Series 1 is correspondence, research notes, and drafts of "The John Wise Story," by John H. Andrews. Series 2 contains material about the ballooning hobby, other early aircraft, and the history of air mail.
Admin/Biographical History
As an adventurous and inquisitive young boy, John Wise was drawn to the skies above his native Lancaster County. He was fascinated by aerial pursuits and began to conduct experiments. He tied his cat to his homemade parachute and observed the cat's safe descent from a local church steeple.
A keen interest in ballooning developed and Wise 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 nineteenth century many ascensions were made just for the novelty of the event, but John Wise's approach was from a scientific perspective. Each ascension gave him a chance to conduct scientific investigations of the atmosphere, pneumatics and hydrostatics.
It also gave him the opportunity to develop a more advanced flying machine. Wise was the first to observe the "great river of air which always blows from west to east" in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Today we call this phenomenon the jet stream. He also developed the ripcord safety mechanism.
John Wise promoted the advantages of balloon transportation. In 1843 he conceived a project for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and asked Congress to appropriate $15,000 for the project. Congress rejected the appropriation. Wise suggested a plan to bomb the Castle at Vera Cruz during the Mexican War and during the Civil War the Bureau of Topographical Engineers requested his services as a balloonist. He is credited with the first airmail transportation in 1859.
Detailed descriptions of his ascensions and experiments are found in his book, Through the Air, published in 1873. The last ascent of John Wise took place on September 29, 1879 from St. Louis, Missouri. This flight ended disastrously in Lake Michigan where his balloon fell and his remains lie.
Prepared by the Lancaster County Historical Society, ca. 1995.
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1 John Wise
Series 2 History of Ballooning
Date Range
1850-1993
Creation Date
1850-1993
Year Range From
1850
Year Range To
1993
Date of Accumulation
1850-1993
Creator
Andrews, John H.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 01
People
Albertson, Catherine
Andrews, John Henry
Atkinson, S. C.
Bache, Hartman
Ball, Charles I.
Bartlett, Mrs. R. A.
Batchelder, Robert C.
Beckwith, A.
Beller, William
Black, J. W.
Blanchard, Jean Pierre
Blitzstein, Madelin
Bradbury, Ray
Brown, Elizabeth B.
Bruce, George
Burlingame, Roger
Burr, George
Byars, W. W.
Casey, Louis
Cessna, Clyde
Coffman, Ramon
Cornish, Joseph Jenkins, III
Cox, Palmer
Douty, Esther
Douty, Esther M.
Drepperd, Carl W.
Edwards, Vincent
Elvin, Thomas
Evans, William
Field, Francis J.
Fischer, Hans
Fleck, Glen
French, Melvin
Galzer, Emmett J.
Gambetta, Francis Leon
Greeley, A. W.
Grimm, Janet
Gryzewski, Tad
Halmi, Robert
Harrell, D. Tudor
Hautrive, M.
Hayden, F. Stansbury
Hopkins, Philip S.
Hunt, E. F.
Ingle, Harold E.
Kehr, Ernest A.
Keith, Barbara
Kessler, F. W.
Klein, Frederic S.
Kouwenhoven, John A.
Kreider, Ira
Kriebel, Robert C.
Kriebel, Robert G.
Lamorisse, Albert
LaPaz, Lincoln
Lindbergh, Charles
Lindquist, H. L.
Long, Elmer R.
Lundgren, Laura May Gross
Madsen, Peter
Maier, Alfred D.
Maxwell, George T.
McCloskey, Lores
McDevitt, William
Mills, James
Myers, Wilfred
Naves, Glen W.
Nicklin, John
Pasquarella, Gus
Peers, W.
Prevost, John W.
Roland, John
Rosenfeld, Albert
Sanabria, Nicolas
Schatvet, H. C.
Serviss, Garrett P.
Smith, Philip R., Jr.
Stehling, Kurt R
Steinmetz, Rollin
Stilphen, George F.
Taylor, Florence
Thompson, Howard
Topping, A.D.
Waitt, Robert
Warner, B. H.
Watson, Marion A.
Wetherill, Richard B.
Whipple, A. W.
Wilbur, W. H.
Wise, John
Wiseman, Frederick J.
Wolcott, Charles
Wolf, Constance
Woodruff, J. C.
Wright, Wilbur
Young, Pearl
Other Creators
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Subjects
Hot air balloons
Hot air balloons--Launching
Airships
Aeronautics
Letters
Air mail service
Hindenburg (Airship)
Reconnaissance aircraft
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Search Terms
Aeronautics
Air mail service
Airships
Aviation
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Finding aids
Hindenburg (Airship)
Hot air balloons
Letters
Manuscript groups
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Reconnaissance aircraft
Extent
3 boxes, 40 folders, 1 scrapbook, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0019
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-19
Classification
MG0019
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
This collection was cataloged prior to 1997; added to database on 28 February 2018.
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-18-09-23
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
John Wise's balloon ascension from Penn Square
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wise, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Penn Square
Balloons
Hot air balloons
Place
Lancaster
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
7.5 x 11.5 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-18-09-23
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8af52689-22b0-430a-879d-004832416542
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Object ID
DL-02-09-36
Date Range
October 1996
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Description
Hot air balloon over Route 272 near Oregon.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Date Range
October 1996
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Balloons
Hot air balloons
Route 272
Oregon Pike
Place
West Earl Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
DL-02-09-36
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Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Object ID
DL-02-09-37
Date Range
October 1996
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Description
Hot air balloon over Route 272 near Oregon.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Date Range
October 1996
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Balloons
Hot air balloons
Route 272
Oregon Pike
Place
West Earl Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
DL-02-09-37
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5681824b-ff59-417d-9b17-018304409471
Collection
General Collection
Title
John Wise
Object ID
2-11-02-22
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
John Wise
Description
John Wise. "Prof. Wise, the aeronaut. - [from a photograph by Brady.]"
Provenance
From MG-19, the John Wise Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Wise, John
Brady, Mathew
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Balloonists
Hot air balloons
Lithographs
Photographs
Pilots
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-11-02-22
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Object ID
BR-03-08-01
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and Hot air balloons - 1985 Hot Air balloon pictured has banner for "GOP Team-Morris-Alspach-Cooke-Madonna-Scott-Raubenstine-Zellen"
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-01
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Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Object ID
BR-03-08-02
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and Hot air balloons - Hot Air balloon pictured has banner for "GOP Team-Morris-Alspach-Cooke-Madonna-Scott-Raubenstine-Zellen"
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-02
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Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Object ID
BR-03-08-03
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and Hot air balloons - Hot Air balloon pictured has banner for "GOP Team-Morris-Alspach-Cooke-Madonna-Scott-Raubenstine-Zellen"
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot Air Balloons
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-03
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Object ID
BR-03-08-04
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and Hot air balloons - Hot Air balloon pictured has banner for "GOP Team-Morris-Alspach-Cooke-Madonna-Scott-Raubenstine-Zellen"
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-04
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Object ID
BR-03-08-05
Date Range
September 12, 1985
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Object Name
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Collection
Bruce Ryder Photograph Collection
Title
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons
Description
Buchanan Park Bicycle Race and hot air balloons. Hot air balloon pictured has banner for WGAL. Van parked next to it is from WLPA News.
Date Range
September 12, 1985
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Buchanan Park
Hot air balloons
WGAL (television station)
WLPA (radio station)
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Condition
Fair
Condition Date
photo has bits of black photo album paper stuck to back
Object ID
BR-03-08-05
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