Balloon Fiesta

Photographer Hedwig Menke (1912 - 2010 Albuquerque, New Mexico)

DateFebruary 17, 1973

Medium35mm color slide

Dimensions7/8 × 1 5/16 in. (2.2 × 3.3 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ken Keller

Object numberPA2021.019.032

DescriptionPeople sit on the top of a brick wall that surrounds the New Mexico State Fairgrounds to watch hot air balloons inflate and take off during the Second Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A car with its brake lights on is near the left of the frame, driving along San Pedro Boulevard. Over the wall, one balloon is taking off, and a second is completing its inflation.

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