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Hot air balloon over vineyard estate with garden – Vintage Wall Art

Hot air balloon over vineyard estate with garden — historic image
Hot air balloon over vineyard estate with garden. Historic image from the Balloons collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Hot air balloon over vineyard estate with garden, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. 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.

Hot air balloon over vineyard estate with garden

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Drifting low above rows of grapevines and a manicured estate garden, this balloon offers a rare view of early aviation over agricultural land rather than the open sky or city streets where ballooning was often photographed. Hot air balloons had regained popularity in the United States by the late 20th century, and pilots often used vineyard country for its wide, open fields and gentle winds. Images like this one show how the craft, once a novelty of exhibition flights, became a recreational and scenic fixture of rural landscapes.

Original scan3,504 × 2,332 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi
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