Panorama of San Francisco from a captive balloon – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Panorama of San Francisco from a captive balloon. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Panorama of San Francisco from a captive balloon
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A captive balloon hovering over the city gives this view of San Francisco its unusual height, looking out across rooftops, streets and the bay from above the crowded blocks. Tethered balloons like this one were used in the late 1800s and early 1900s for aerial photography and sightseeing, and a panorama taken from one offered viewers a bird's-eye sweep that ground-level cameras could not match. Pictures of this kind are worth studying for the way they record the dense growth of the city, its hills and waterfront, before modern skyscrapers changed the skyline.
| Original scan | 3,600 × 1,400 px · prints to 12 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 07823u ruins of san francisco |
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