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Panoramic aerial view of a city and bay – Vintage Wall Art

Panoramic aerial view of a city and bay — historic image
Panoramic aerial view of a city and bay. Historic image from the Ballooning collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Panoramic aerial view of a city and bay. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Panoramic aerial view of a city and bay

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Few things set this view apart like its wide sweep: the camera takes in an entire city and the water beside it in one frame, as if seen from a balloon's basket. Photographs like this date from the years before airplanes, when a balloon was the only way to get a camera high enough for a panorama. Early aerial photographers had to contend with long exposures, unsteady baskets, and chemical plates that were slow and fragile. Pictures like this one gave viewers a map-like understanding of how a harbor city was laid out, its streets and shoreline visible at a glance.

Original scan1,587 × 684 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi
Reference6a19592u san francisco from captive airship

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