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This object is on display in Early Flight at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
United States of America
ART-Miscellaneous
Model, Fantasy Balloon, Minerva
Metal and glass; 30 x 59in.; no base, dirty, damaged and parts missing.
3-D: 66 × 101.6 × 121.9cm (26 × 40 × 48 in.)
A19772739000
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Sullivan
National Air and Space Museum
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