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[Aerial view of Boston; first photograph taken from a balloon; 1861] – Antique Photo Print

[Aerial view of Boston; first photograph taken from a balloon; 1861], 1903 — historic photograph
[Aerial view of Boston; first photograph taken from a balloon; 1861], 1903. Historic photograph from the Boston National Historic Park collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This is one of the earliest known aerial photographs, a view of Boston taken from a balloon above the city. The record credits Samuel A. King and J.W. Black, and the title dates the original to 1861, though accounts commonly place the balloon ascent in October 1860. King was the balloonist, and Black made the exposure, which required hauling bulky wet-plate equipment aloft. This 1903 print reproduces the photograph as it appeared in *The Photographic Miniature*, so it shows the image as seen by a turn-of-the-century audience rather than the original glass negative.

Created / published1903
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesRepro. of photo by Samuel A. King & J.W. Black. In: The Photographic Miniature, July 1903, Vol. V, No. 52, p. 144. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,061 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116284

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