Joe Ballenger photographic collection
Collection — Box: Single File Collections Box 5: 2015-2017
Identifier: SCPL-2017-006
Content Description
33 photographic prints captured by Joe Ballenger, an aviation enthusiast who lived near the Spartanburg Memorial Airport in the 1920s and 1930s. The images depict the visit of Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and others to Spartanburg. One image shows the Greenville airport from the air, another group of 6 images shows the Goodyear Blimp over Spartanburg.
Dates
- 1927 - 1931
Creator
- Ballenger, Joe, 1908 - ? (Photographer, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is available by appointment only. Please contact the Kennedy Room for more information.
Extent
33 Photographic Prints (1 legal sized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Single File Collections Box 5: 2015-2017
Condition Description
Excellent. Two of the prints are 5"x7" and larger, but most are smaller formats.
- Air pilots Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Airports Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
- Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport
- photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Joe Ballenger photographic collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kennedy Room of Local History and Genealogy Repository
