balloon show bill – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic image of balloon show bill brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The subject here is a show bill, a printed handbill or poster meant to draw a crowd to a balloon exhibition or ascension. Such notices were a staple of American entertainment in the 19th century, when a rising balloon could draw a large paying crowd to a fairground, park or town square. Showmen relied on bold display type and eye-catching illustrations to promote these events, and the bills themselves now show how carefully they were pitched to the public. Looking at one closely reveals a good deal about how spectacle, advertising and early aeronautics came together.
| Original scan | 2,903 × 4,014 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 03013u balloon show bill |
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