Hot air balloons over a river and cottonwood trees – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Hot air balloons over a river and cottonwood trees, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hot air balloons over a river and cottonwood trees
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Two hot air balloons drift low over a river, their bright envelopes reflected in the water while cottonwood trees line the banks below. Ballooning in the United States grew out of nineteenth-century experiments with lighter-than-air flight, and by the twentieth century it had become a popular spectacle at fairs, meets and exhibitions. Scenes like this one, where a rising balloon meets open riverside country, captured the sense of leisure and wonder that surrounded early flight. Cottonwoods, common along western rivers, add a plain, natural counterpoint to the colorful machines above.
| Original scan | 2,816 × 2,112 px · prints to 9 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1588272656_78207d98b4_o balloon fiesta larry and linda |
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