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Up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon
Balloons as national symbols crowd the sky in this Italian cartoon from the 1870s. The unknown artist lampoons no fewer than 23 countries among them, including imperialist Great Britain, expansionist Russia whose balloon is already the largest; Prussia whose gondola … Continue reading