Rowers on a lake beneath a hot air balloon – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Rowers on a lake beneath a hot air balloon, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Rowers on a lake beneath a hot air balloon
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Rowers pulling oars across a calm lake, with a hot air balloon hanging overhead, make an unusual pairing for a picture from this period, when balloons were still a novelty and most people saw them only at fairs or in newspaper engravings. Balloon ascents were popular public spectacles in the late 1800s and early 1900s, often staged at parks and resorts where crowds could gather near water. Images that set a balloon against an everyday scene like boating remind viewers how the new flying machines were folded into ordinary leisure. The contrast between the slow, rhythmic rowing below and the airborne envelope above is worth a close look.
| Original scan | 2,000 × 990 px · prints to 7 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 461374692_468a83e382_o Rowers laruth |
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