Balloons starting to rise in balloon race, Berlin – Antique Wall Art
(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 historic photograph of Balloons starting to rise in balloon race, Berlin brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Balloons starting to rise in balloon race, Berlin
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Balloons begin to lift off the ground in this 1908 view taken in Berlin, capturing the moment a race launch turns into flight. The Gordon Bennett Cup, the leading international balloon contest of the period, was held in the German capital that year and drew teams from several nations. Bain News Service photographers worked the press circuit and sent news pictures like this one to newspapers. The title comes from unverified caption data, but the scene shows how ballooning had become a public spectacle by the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,241 × 5,810 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-3622 |
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