Up in a balloon. – Antique Print
(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 antique lithograph of Up in a balloon. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Printed around 1870 as a tobacco package label, this lithograph takes its title, *Up in a Balloon*, from the sky-high subject that gives it a playful, eye-catching quality. Labels like this were pasted onto boxes and pouches so that buyers would notice one brand among many on a crowded shop counter, and tobacco makers often chose lighthearted pictures to stand out. Balloon ascents were a popular spectacle in the 1860s and 1870s, drawing crowds to fairgrounds and town squares, so the scene would have been familiar to viewers. The copyright notice on the print names A. Seemuller as the party claiming the design.
| Created / published | c1870. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Tobacco package labels 1870.Lithographs 1870. |
| Notes | LOT subdivision subject: Balloons Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Seemuller. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 756 × 1,286 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118902 |
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