Balloon Godard, hot-air balloon over a town, trade card – Historic Reproduction
(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 Balloon Godard, hot-air balloon over a town, trade card, a historic image rich in period detail. 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. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful 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.
Balloon Godard, hot-air balloon over a town, trade card
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The name on this card, Balloon Godard, points to the Godard family of France, whose members made public balloon ascents for much of the nineteenth century. Trade cards like this one were typically handed out to promote a business, and balloon scenes were popular because a flight over a town was a crowd-drawing spectacle. Worth noticing is how the small image makes the balloon the centerpiece, with the town spread below as a decorative backdrop, a common way illustrators showed the novelty of ballooning to the public.
| Original scan | 2,288 × 5,000 px · prints to 8 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02553u |
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