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Balloon Fiesta
Balloon Fiesta
Balloon Fiesta

Balloon Fiesta

Photographer (1912 - 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
DateFebruary 18, 1973
Medium35mm color slide
Dimensions13/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2 × 3.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ken Keller
Object numberPA2021.019.027
DescriptionHot air balloons inflate and lift off at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds during the Second Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A crowd of people wander throughout the grounds and many more are standing in a row near the edge of the field. People are seated behind a chain-link fence in the immediate foreground. Hot air balloons are drifting eastward, toward the Sandia Mountains in the background.
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