
"Dirigible Balloon of Baron deMarcay," circa 1908. View full size. G.G. Bain.
I bet that "contraption" was the talk of the town in its day.
I also bet that the Baron stuck out his chest a little further on the days he played with it.
I want one.
This pic reminds me that I need to get hot dogs at the grocery this afternoon.
wow, what a weird place to mount the propeller one of the blades is visible, the oar-shaped thing sticking out... see the guards and the channel it rotates in between the front and rear sausages.