Hot Air Balloon Ride (1969)

Item Information

Title:
Hot Air Balloon Ride (1969)
Description:
A photograph showing Springfield College president, Wilbert E. Locklin, and Art Linkletter shaking hands before the launch of a hot air balloon. Art Linkletter is in the basket of the hot air balloon and Locklin is standing beside it. A man, perhaps the pilot of the baloon, stands on the side of the balloon's basket, holding onto the frame. The wall of Pratt field can be seen behind them. The photo was taken during work week in 1969. High winds prevented the balloon from ever taking off.
Creator:
Mercury Studio (Hamden, Mass.)
Date:
1969
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Office of Student Affairs Records
Subjects:
Springfield College
Springfield College--Trustees
Springfield College--Presidents
Locklin, Wilbert E. (Wilbert Edwin) Linkletter, Art, 1912-2010
Springfield (Mass.)
Community service
Balloons (Aircraft)
Balloonists
Shaking hands
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/17628
Terms of Use:
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Notes:
Work Week was a precursor to Humanics-in-Action Day, which takes place every fall at Springfield College and reflects the school’s long tradition of community service. The 1969 Work Week was particularly ambitious and productive. As one of the kickoff events of a capital campaign led by Art Linkletter, the famous television personality, students hired themselves out to local businesses and individuals. Over one thousand students contributed more than three thousand hours of labor to the effort, and the contributed $34, 570.81, to the capital campaign. The funds raised helped build the new library, athletic fields, and science center. In the course of their labors, the students also consumed more than six hundred gallons of gasoline, six hundred gallons of coffee, and 1,600 doughnuts (all donated by local businesses and Springfield College staff). Art Linkletter was accepted to Springfield College in 1929, however due to financial reasons, he was unable to attend; yet he kept the dream
Identifier:
work-week-1969-linkletter-balloon-1