The 1908 International Balloon Race, Berlin, Germany – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures The 1908 International Balloon Race, Berlin, Germany 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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The 1908 International Balloon Race, Berlin, Germany
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The place name in the title sets this picture apart: the 1908 International Balloon Race launched from Berlin, Germany, where the Gordon Bennett Cup, the leading ballooning contest of its era, was flown that year. Crowds gathered at gas works and open fields to watch the great gas balloons lift off, and the race drew entrants from several European nations and the United States. This print is a halftone reproduction of a photoprint issued by the Mentor Association, a commercial photograph publisher, so the c1914 date refers to when it was made rather than to the race itself. The caption details come from an unverified card, so the exact moment and the people shown should be read with some caution.
| Created / published | c1914. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Halftone repro. of photoprint copyrighted by the Mentor Association, Inc. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,073 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160571 |
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