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“Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It” by James Wallace Black [1860] (first aerial photograph) (quokk.au)
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Using Samuel Archer King's hot air balloon to get the shot.

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[-] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The public most certainly had their minds blown when this came out.

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