File:Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It.jpg
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Summary
Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It
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Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It |
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| Description |
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. |
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| Depicted place | Boston | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 13 October 1860 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Albumen silver print from glass negative.
Français : Tirage à l'albumine à partir d'un négatif sur plaque de verre. |
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| Dimensions | 18.5 x 16.7 cm (irregularly trimmed Mount: 20.3 x 17 cm.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005.100.87 |
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| Inscriptions | 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]" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Information Direct | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20:58, 22 February 2012 | 2,845 × 3,354 (1,969,003 bytes) | w:en:Da5nsy (talk | contribs) | (From the Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/190036381 First recorded aerial photograph, by James Wallace Black, 1860) |
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| current | 00:43, 6 June 2013 | | 2,845 × 3,354 (1.88 MB) | commons>ALH | Transferred from en.wikipedia: see original upload log above |
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