Portraits of three balloonists above a balloon – Vintage Photo Print
(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 Portraits of three balloonists above a balloon, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Portraits of three balloonists above a balloon
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Three balloonists are shown together above their balloon, a pose that presents the machine and its crew as a settled, confident enterprise. France is where crewed flight began, when the Montgolfier brothers sent the first hot-air balloon carrying people aloft in 1783, and the country stayed a center of ballooning in the decades that followed. Portraits like this one, which show aeronauts as composed and deliberate rather than merely daring, reflect how quickly the sport moved from public spectacle toward a recognized profession. Look closely at the balloon's construction and how the men are arranged to see how the makers chose to frame the new technology.
| Original scan | 3,807 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02170u[Portraits of three balloo |
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