https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv Kendal O'Neal 3rd en-us 2020-08-24 13:43:30 UTC 2025-04-19 14:44:48 UTC hello@padlet.com 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694508576 Taken by James Wallace Black & Samuel Archer King.]]> 2020-08-24 13:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694508576 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694523040 This is the oldest "living" aerial photo. The first ever aerial photo was taken by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, a french photographer, but has since been lost.]]> 2020-08-24 13:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694523040 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694599065 The photo is a aerial view of the city of Boston. The view is from over 2,000 ft in the air.]]> 2020-08-24 14:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694599065 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694616562 The photo was taken in 1860.]]> 2020-08-24 14:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694616562 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694627701 The photo was taken from a teathered hot air balloon, Queen of The Air.]]> 2020-08-24 14:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694627701 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694653404 There isn't much information on why anyone wanted to take aerial photos, besides the fact that is would be undone and adventurous. ]]> 2020-08-24 14:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694653404 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694663557 Black was obviously known for his aerial view photo, but he was also known for photos of Boston after the fire of 1872. ]]> 2020-08-24 14:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694663557 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694693704 2020-08-24 14:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694693704 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694700472 Though it isn't the first aerial photo taken it is the oldest. And it shows the growth of photography (aerial photography) from nearly 150 years ago.]]> 2020-08-24 14:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694700472 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694764627 I think this photo was the most interesting because it was so different from the other photos. I thought it was also fascinating how much it captured, unlike the other photos that was focused on a subject close up (portrait, war, nature).]]> 2020-08-24 15:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694764627 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694789271 You can visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, United States to see the photo.]]> 2020-08-24 15:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694789271 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694796788 The title of the photo was "Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It".]]> 2020-08-24 15:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694796788 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694806044 2020-08-24 15:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694806044 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694905326 Black was born on February 10, 1825 in Francestown, New Hampshire. 
He died on January 5, 1896 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 70. ]]> 2020-08-24 15:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694905326 2000156318 https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694928030 Samuel Archer King was a balloon navigator, and helped Black capture the aerial photo. The Queen of The Air was his hot air balloon.]]> 2020-08-24 15:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/2000156318/2sifqngsxcxgvbtv/wish/694928030