1933-1935 CLIPS BALLOON STRATOSPHERE EXPLORATION PICCARD FORDNEY LYON ANDERSON

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This listing is for a lot of newspaper clippings dated 1932 - 1935 describing exploration of earth's stratosphere by balloon:
May 22, 1932 - 17 Miles into Sky Goal of Piccard - Highest Point Ever Reached by Man! - Photo of Professor August Piccard in his stratosphere balloon.
August 13, 1933 - Polish Pilots in Bag Derby - Poland's Stratosphere Fliers Enter U.S. Race - Photo ofSgt. Burzqnski and Capt. Hynek in a hot air balloon. They are on their way to the U.S. with two balloons to enter the 1933 international Gordon Bennett balloon race in connection with the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
November 25, 1933 - The Highest-Up Picture Ever Made of the Earth - Photo of Pennsylvania from the stratosphere, made by Maj. Chester L. Fordney on his 61, 237 foot flight.
1934 - As Settle Soared into Stratosphere - Commander Settle set record on his balloon voyage to the stratosphere. Photo of the balloon and gondola from below.
June 25, 1934 - Conquering the Stratosphere - Space Rocket Builder Plans Flight Here - Dr. Darwin O. Lyon, world leader in rocket research, announces a "space-splitting projectile" is being built in New York to set an altitude record. Photo of Lyon.
July 27, 1934 - Stratosphere Balloon at Take-Off. Photo of hot air balloon taking off near Rapid City South Dakota holding Maj. William Kepner, Capt. O.A. Anderson, and Capt. Albert Stevens on their way to the stratosphere. After reaching 60,000 feet, there was a rip in the balloon and the three men jumped to safety in parachutes. The balloon fell, "a mass of snarled and twisted wreckage."
July 28, 1934 - Between Heaven and Earth. Photo of Capt. O.A. Anderson and Maj. W.E. Kepner inspecting the world's largest balloon before take off in an attempt to reach the highest point ever attained by man.
August 2, 1934 - Nearing End of Long Plunge - photo of the Kepner/Anderson balloon, with its 3-acre gas bag, just before it plunged into the ocean with one side of it torn away.
August 21, 1934 - Photo of Prof. Jean Piccard, his wife, and their balloon. They announced they will attempt to soar 12 miles into the stratosphere starting from Ford airport (Michigan). They seek to collect data for Prof. Piccard's "cosmic ray studies."
October 24, 1934 - Photo of the huge balloon with its silver metal gondola taking off from Ford Airport in Michigan with Prof. and Mrs. Jean Piccard on their way to the stratosphere.
October 25, 1934 - On the Ground - Balloonists Down Safe - photo of Dr. and Mrs. Jean Piccard looking at the shredded gas bag of their stratosphere balloon which was ripped by trees when they landed. Mrs. Piccard is peering out of the trap door in the side of the gondola.
May 19, 1935 - Special Stratosphere Planes will Soon Circle Globe in 60 Hours, Says Adamson. (This article is written by Hans Christian Adamson, noted commentator of scientific and educational subjects). Photo of Capt. Orval Anderson, Navy ace, who will be a member of the expedition next month in an attempt to shatter existing altitude records. Also photo of Capt. A.W. Stevens of the U.S.Army, who will command the stratosphere balloon on its attempt to establish a new altitude record.
June 9, 1935 - Stratosphere Flight Near - Photo of Capt Orvil Anderson and Capt. A.W. Stevens loading a "cell" for their hot air balloon flight to the stratosphere.
July 12, 1935 - Experts will Seek Cause of Explosion - A stratosphere balloon exploded in Rapid City South Dakota just before ascension. The investigation of the explosion will be conducted by Orvil Anderson and Albert Stevens, who were to have made the trip. Description of events leading up to explosion.
If you are a collector of historic stratosphere exploration hot air balloon memorabilia, this is a must-have for your collection!
These clippings were removed from a veeery old scrapbook that contained newspaper clippings about aviation, all dated in the 1930s.  They are in delicate condition, but can still be handled without crumbling.  Some of the clippings had been cut apart to fit within the pages of the scrapbook.  They have been reassembled (much like a jigsaw puzzle) and held together on the back by archival-quality mending tissue.
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It contains no acid or lignin and will not cause discoloring or any other damage over time.  It should not be removed.
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