"Sausage" in Transit
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Smith, J. Andre
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Watercolor and charcoal sketch on paper. Sketch shows a large French observation balloon passing over a French village during the St. Mihiel Offensive in World War I. Onlookers and French soldiers stand in the streets among the maze of houses in the small village."Sausage" was the nickname given by British soldiers to observation balloons of this shape.
label: Description
content: The roundel of red, white, and blue on the side of the balloon indicates that it is a French aircraft. This type of aircraft identification was used during the war to avoid firing on allies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.26049
label: catalog number
content: 26049
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (mount material)
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 9 in x 10 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 26.67 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in; 31.75 cm x 40.005 cm