Waiting for a hot air balloon to ascend
Maker and role
Unknown, Photographer
Production date
1920s
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Object detail
Accession number
06-479
Maker
Description
A photograph circa 1920s of a crowd waiting for a hot air balloon to ascend. The basket is on the ground with sand bags attached within a circle of men. Spare sand bags can be seen both to the left and the right of the basket. One man is standing on the basket edge and looking down into the basket. The balloon looks to be fully inflated and takes up the upper two thirds of the image. The lower third is of a wooded area, probably a park, with a path on which men, women and children are standing. The basket and its circle of men are in the foreground. A man is standing to the right and in front of this group.
Signature/Marks and Type
Please ring Pencil
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 photograph : sepia ; 51 x 35 cm.
Credit line
Unknown. 1920s. Waiting for a hot air balloon to ascend, 06-479. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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