[Balloon in the air over Winsted, Conn., at altitude of 3050 feet] – Antique Print
![[Balloon in the air over Winsted, Conn., at altitude of 3050 feet], c1886 March 22. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/13/1395bd6c540a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures [Balloon in the air over Winsted, Conn., at altitude of 3050 feet] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Balloon in the air over Winsted, Conn., at altitude of 3050 feet]
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Few pictures of this period show a balloon in flight with its town spread out below, and this one records the craft itself at about 3,050 feet over Winsted, Connecticut, on March 22, around 1886. The photographers, John G. Doughty and Alfred E. Moore, registered the image for copyright, and it was later printed in the September 1886 issue of *The Century*, a popular illustrated magazine that helped bring photographs of new technology to a general readership. The picture belongs to a short period when ballooning drew large crowds and newspapers and magazines were eager for images of the sky.
| Created / published | c1886 March 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1880-1890. |
| Notes | 6846 R U.S. Copyright Office No. 2. Copyright by John G. Doughty (also photographer) and Alfred E. Moore. Published in: The Century, a popular quarterly, v. 32, issue 5 (Sept. 1886), p. 686. |
| Subjects | Balloons (Aircraft)--Connecticut--Winsted--1880-1890. Winsted (Conn.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 931 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148199 |
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![[Aerial view of a portion of Winsted, Conn., taken from the balloon at altitude of 3050 feet]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/65/65584a3fd8d5-400.webp)
