Greeting card: balloon L'Espérance with doves and flowers – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Greeting card: balloon L'Espérance with doves and flowers. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Greeting card: balloon L'Espérance with doves and flowers
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This card takes its name from the balloon L'Espérance, and the French word means "hope," a theme the doves and flowers carry forward. Balloons were a familiar sight in France in the later 1800s, and the 1870-71 siege of Paris made them more than decoration: hundreds of letters left the city by air, and many people sent cards like this one as tokens of goodwill. The printed doves and blossoms suggest peace and renewal, so the card reads as both a celebration of flight and a wish for better times.
| Original scan | 2,700 × 4,255 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02555u L'Espérance en |
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