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[Card shows two children ascending in the basket of a balloon waving a flag and handkerchief]

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hot Air Baloons and Gas Baloons

Alois Senefelder, the inventor of lithography, introduced the subject of colored lithography in 1818. Printers in other countries, such as France and England, were also started producing color prints. The first American chromolithograph—a portrait of Reverend F. W. P. Greenwood—was created by William Sharp in 1840. Chromolithographs became so popular in American culture that the era has been labeled as "chromo civilization". During the Victorian times, chromolithographs populated children's and fine arts publications, as well as advertising art, in trade cards, labels, and posters. They were also used for advertisements, popular prints, and medical or scientific books.

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balloons aircraft children chromolithographs color collecting cards card two children basket balloon flag handkerchief 1860 19th century library of congress
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01/01/1860
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Hot Air Balloons

Hot Air Baloons

Chromolithographs

Chromolithograph is printed by multiple applications of lithographic stones, each using a different color ink.
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Library of Congress
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balloons aircraft children chromolithographs color collecting cards card two children basket balloon flag handkerchief 1860 19th century library of congress