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Ballooning as A Society Fad Takes Hold Abroad and at Home
Ballooning rises as a fashionable pastime among society women in New York and Lenox with figures like Mrs. Julian P. Thomas and other elites joining ascents in America and England. Aero clubs promote safety and growth as private orders surge for leisure flights and upcoming fall races loom with international interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian P. Thomas
New York Court of Peals
Bert
England
Aero Club of America
Pittsfield
Mass
Lenox
Mrs. Thomas
Long Island
English Aero Club
Ranelagh
Ingatestone
Essex
Frank Butler
Paris
Atlantic
KE. Huntington
King’s College
Pouria
William Ellis Corey
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Allan
Miss Corey
Great Lakes
New York Press