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This object is on display in Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Hangar Overlook
Object Details
Type ART-Miscellaneous Medium Case, Dance Card Physical Description Wood dance card case, or 'carnet de bal.' Exterior of case is painted with ballooning scenes. One side shows a man and woman looking up at a balloon in the sky. The other shows a smilar, but wider, balloon flying over ruins, with no people on the ground. Interior is painted red. Case originally had a hinged lid, but hinge is currenly broken. Edges of base and lid of case are lined in silver where they meet. Case still has two ivory dance cards. Only two cards are currently present, but originally there were more and they were hinged like a fan. One of the cards has 'kiss me darling' handwritten in pencil on the surface. The pencil is also currently missing from the case. Dimensions Case: 1 × 4.8 × 9.5cm (3/8 × 1 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Card: 6.2 × 2.7cm (2 7/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
 Inventory Number A20140451000 Credit Line Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Open Access (CCO)
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A photo of Lauren Gottschlich, Engen Conservation Fellow, inpainting the losses on the lid with watercolor paints.
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"Kiss Me Darling:" Conserving the Rituals of Dating and Dancing