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Colorful sheet music cover with a hot-air balloon over a harbor of ships, and two oval scenes of a woman with a bird and a canal with domed buildings.

Three Polkas: The Balloon Polka by A. Wallerstein

Decorative color lithograph sheet music cover titled Three Polkas, with a hot-air balloon above a harbor of sailing ships and steamers. Two oval vignettes show a woman with a bird beside a garden and a canal scene with gondola-like boats and domed buildings.

Artist
Wallerstein
Date
185u
Medium
5 pages of music 34 cm
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian Libraries)
Size
780 × 1000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian Libraries) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 185).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Libraries

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