The Centennial-Balloon View of the Grounds – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of The Centennial-Balloon View of the Grounds brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Centennial-Balloon View of the Grounds
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Seen from above, the grounds of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park spread out as a patchwork of exhibition halls, walkways, and gardens, a vantage few visitors could reach at the time. Views like this depended on tethered balloon ascents, which lifted passengers and observers over the fairgrounds and offered a rare chance to record the site's layout from the air. The exposition marked the nation's hundredth anniversary of independence, and its sprawling plan remains a useful record of how the fair was organized.
| Original scan | 9,758 × 6,558 px · prints to 33 × 22 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | pm008294 |
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