Large pink pig-shaped hot air balloon in blue sky – Antique Wall Art
(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: Large pink pig-shaped hot air balloon in blue sky, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Large pink pig-shaped hot air balloon in blue sky
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A pig-shaped balloon, rendered in a bright pink, drifts across an open blue sky, a whimsical departure from the plain spherical envelopes that dominated early ballooning. Hot air balloons were given novelty shapes from the late 1970s onward, once the sport had revived and manufacturers began using nylon fabric and improved burners to build bigger, more elaborate envelopes. Shaped balloons like this one were built for advertising, festivals and public events, and they drew crowds wherever they flew. The image is a useful reminder of how ballooning moved from a niche pursuit toward a popular spectacle.
| Original scan | 2,848 × 4,288 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3096387429_303747c7e0_o And this little piggy went to the 2008 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta a4qpa |
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