Marvin's kite reel. Note wire extending out to flying kite.
In: The Aims and Methods of Meteorological Work by Cleveland Abbe. In: Maryland
Weather Service, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1899. Volume I. Page 329.
Image ID: wea00929, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection Photographer: Archival Photograph by Mr. Sean Linehan, NOS, NGS