Image of two fashionably dressed women in slim long dresses and bonnets embarking on a hot air balloon ride, one stands inside the basket holding a lace-edged handkerchief with a mustached balloon operator with a binoculars and a monocle, the other sips ginger ale from a glass as she begins to ascend a rope ladder into the craft; two African-American men with ginger ale bottles attend the balloon; a large crowd of people watches the spectacle from stands behind a white wood fence painted with advertising slogans like "Drink "Excelsior ginger ale made by John Klee Dayton Jos. R. Peebles' Sons agent Cincinnati;" wood crate boxes that read, "John Klee Excelsior Ginger Ale" are visible on the grass in the foreground. Copyright date taken from stamp in the bottom left corner. “Library of Congress / Copyright / August 29, 1885 / 18362 [illegible initial] / City of [?]”—text, stamped in ink with handwritten pencil marks, bottom left corner. Registration marks visible in all four margins.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.57 x 60.64 cm (29 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
Advertising--Beverages Advertising--Carbonated beverages Advertising--Soft drinks African Americans--Pictorial works Hot air balloons--Pictorial works Soft drinks--Pictorial works Women--Pictorial works Klee, John Joseph R. Peebles Sons Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Proofs. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Beverages Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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