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Our Treasures: Photo of first hot air balloon flight in Whangārei Museum a mystery 1 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read A crowd watching the hot air balloon being prepared for flight (Whangārei Museum 1968.58.166). OUR TREASURES I stumbled across some intriguing photographs in our archival collection recently. The quality of the photographs is low, considering the relative clarity of early photography by the likes of Radcliffe, De Tourret and Palmer of Whangārei. Regardless, the scene emerging out of the fog of thick sepia tone is fascinating - what appears to be a very early hot air balloon among a large crowd. ....