British balloon towed by a drifter – Vintage Wall Art
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: British balloon towed by a drifter, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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British balloon towed by a drifter
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A British balloon being towed behind a drifter, a fishing vessel of the kind common in the North Sea, is what sets this picture apart, though the record gives no date and the title comes from unverified caption data supplied by Bain News Service. Bain's agency, active from about 1900 into the 1920s, photographed news events, notable people and unusual subjects, and its glass negatives were typically made for quick newspaper reproduction. Ballooning drew steady press interest in that era, and a balloon handled on the water rather than in open air is worth noticing for how such craft were managed in practice.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch six loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,166 × 5,710 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26391 |
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