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[Aerial view of a portion of Winsted, Conn., taken from the balloon at altitude of 3050 feet] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial view of a portion of Winsted, Conn., taken from the balloon at altitude of 3050 feet], c1886 March 22. — historic photograph
[Aerial view of a portion of Winsted, Conn., taken from the balloon at altitude of 3050 feet], c1886 March 22.. Historic photograph from the Ballooning collection.

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Taken from a balloon at an altitude of about 3,050 feet, this view shows a section of Winsted, a manufacturing town in northwestern Connecticut, laid out far below the basket. Aerial photography was still very new in the mid-1880s, when photographers had to carry bulky glass-plate cameras aloft and time their exposures against the drift of the balloon. The image was made by John G. Doughty and Alfred E. Moore and appeared in *The Century*, a popular illustrated magazine, in September 1886. The record gives March 22, 1886 as the date, but that figure comes from an unverified caption card, so it should be read with some caution.

Created / publishedc1886 March 22.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880 -1890.Aerial photographs 1880 -1890.
Notes6847 R U.S. Copyright Office No. 3. Copyright by John G. Doughty (also photographer) and Alfred E. Moore. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Published in: The Century, a popular quarterly, v. 32, issue 5 (Sept. 1886), p. 685.
SubjectsWinsted (Conn.)--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 935 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118340

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