English: "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It," the first recorded aerial photograph. Depicts area resembling Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; and vicinity.
Français : "Boston, telle qu'un aigle ou une oie sauvage peuvent la voire". Première photographie aérienne connue. Représente une zone qui ressemble à Old South Meeting House; Milk Street; India Wharf, Central Wharf; et leurs environs.
Inscribed in black ink (contemporary), mount recto, BC: "Balloon View of Boston"; inscribed in pencil, mount recto, BR: "Taken October 13, 1860 // By J.W. Black // [illegible]"
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Provenance: : Gilman Paper Company Collection, New York, January 6, 1984
References
Rinder, Lawrence. Architecture of Life. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California at Berkeley, 2016. no. 43, p. 98.
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First recorded aerial photograph, by James Wallace Black, 1860)
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