Fun and Games in Ballooning: Museum Exhibit
This exhibit features toys, card games and board games with ballooning and airship themes, along with reference to real-world games that balloonists play at events such as Balloon Fiesta.
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Key Wind Toy with Three Zeppelins
(Balloon Museum Purchase (2005 General Obligation Bonds)
Items in exhibition displays will include a 1929 Erector Set zeppelin; antique sand pails with lighter-than-air images; first-edition novels; vintage ascent certificates for balloon rides; movie memorabilia; postcards depicting early balloon rides at amusement parks; a variety of whistles, pull toys, wind-up toys, board games, playing cards, dexterity puzzles, models, mechanical toys AND MORE great balloon-themed playthings.