[Copy of James Wallace Black's Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It]

[Copy of James Wallace Black's Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It]

Negative

James Wallace Black

Maker
American, 1825–1896

[Copy of James Wallace Black's Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It]

1860
Gelatin silver negative, printed later
Image (oval): 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (18.1 × 14 cm)
Overall: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16 × 1/16 in. (21.4 × 16.3 × 0.2 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1989.0666.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on original envelope, OA: First Aero Photograph [underlined] \ Made from a free [strikethrough] captive balloon \ by Samuel A Kings + \ Alexander Black \ over Boston Harbor \ Original was a Wet Plate nega[loss] \ [signature slightly visible on corner with loss]

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