Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1908 – Vintage Photo Print
(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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Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1908 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: International Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, July 4th, 1908
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Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1908
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Chicago in 1908 was a city of roughly two million people, built on railroads, the Union Stock Yards, and grain and lumber shipping along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. This ballooning contest at Aero Park reflected how quickly flight had captured public imagination, only five years after the Wright brothers' first powered flight in 1903. Crowds gathered to watch the great gas bags lift off and drift across the sky, much as they turned out for a ball game or a county fair. For ordinary residents of the city's factory districts, aviation was still a novelty, but it hinted at a future that reached well beyond the rail yards and the smoke of the packing houses.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,142 px · prints to 18 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | International Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, July 4th, 1908 |
| Reference | IL Ballooning Contest, Aero Park, Chicago, 1908 |
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