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First aerial photograph in USA – 10/13/1860
First successful aerial photograph made in the USA, by J. W. Black, 10/13/1860, from a balloon tethered over Boston Common. Left, the original, at the Boston Public Library. Right, a view from the same spot, same day and time, 2012. … Continue reading
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Tagged above, aerial, aerial photo, ambrotype, architecture, balloon, boston, development, Freedom Trail, helicopter, historic, R-22, wet plate
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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860 + reprise
First aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left. Washington Street cuts across lower third. Central Wharf (now Aquarium) top left. My … Continue reading
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Aerial photo of the week: Boston, 1860
First successful aerial photograph in the US, by J. W. Black, Oct 13, 1860. Ambrotype print from a wet-plate negative. Old South Meeting House is at the middle left. More detail on this image, and my “same view” photograph made Oct … Continue reading
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