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File name: 05_01_000036

Box label: J.W. Black photographs: Boston

Title: Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It

Alternative title: Balloon View of Boston

Creator/Contributor: Black, James Wallace, 1825-1896 (photographer)

Date created: 1860

Description: Earliest extant aerial photograph taken in the United States from Samuel A. King's balloon while tethered over Boston Common.

Genre: Photographic prints

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Boston Public Library at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06/5060829306. It was reviewed on 19 October 2010 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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