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Balloon landing, view no. 12, Windsor or Bloomfield, 1885.
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Balloon landing, view no. 12, Windsor or Bloomfield, 1885.
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Title
Balloon
landing
,
view
no
.
12
,
Windsor
or
Bloomfield
,
1885
.
Creator
Doughty, John G.
Place
Windsor (Conn.)
Bloomfield (Conn.)
Topic
Hot air balloons
Children
Theme
Environment
Lifestyle
Description
Group
of
men
,
women
,
boys
and
girls
pose
in
front
of a
hot
air
balloon
,
probably
in
Windsor
or
Bloomfield
area
.
Letterpress
text
from
label
on
back
: "
View
of
balloon
immediately
after
landing.
..
Our
landing
was
effected
close
under
the
precipitous
eastern
side
of
Hanging
Mountain
, and the
photograph
was
taken
in this
deeply
shaded
place
, at
6.45
in the
evening
.
/
These are the
first
and
only
successful
views
ever
taken
from a
balloon.
"<br>
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. <br>
Hanging
Mountain
does
not
appear
in
Connecticut
Place
Names
. The
only
precipitous
eastern
slope
in the
vicinity
of the
balloon
landing
would
appear
to be the
Metacomet
Ridge
in
Bloomfield
. <br>
Date created
1885
Physical format
1
photographic
print
;
13
x
18
cm
.<br>
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
X.2000.20.18
<br>
File
name
0553
img0082.pcd
<br>
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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