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Panoramic view of Hannibal MO. drawn in 1869 by Albert Ruger (61k jpg)
From the Library of Congress
Photo kite used by Hugh D. Wise in 1895. (43k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
Wise's Kite Camera. (43k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
A photo kite was used to produce this aerial view of the parade ground at Madison Barracks. (57k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
Photo kite testing at Governer's Island, New York, 1895. (25k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. The photographer, G.R. Lawrence, flew an array of 17 kites to hoist his camera aloft.
Photo rocket conceived by Amedee Denisse in 1888 (20k jpg)Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation
Alfred Nobel, famous for establishing the Nobel prize, also designed a photo rocket in 1897. (30k jpg)
Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation
Patent drawing for Nobel's camera-carrying rocket. (8k gif)
Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation
View of a village in Sweden thought to be taken by Alfred Nobel's photo rocket in 1897, although Nobel was also experimenting with balloon-borne cameras at the time. (22k jpg)
Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation
German landscape photographed in 1904 by the camera system of Alfred Maul, a pioneer in photo rocketry. (48k jpg)
Pigeon with miniature camera. (26k jpg)
Pigeon Photographs © Deutsches Museum, Munich.
Pigeons with miniature cameras. (39k jpg)
Pigeon Photographs © Deutsches Museum, Munich.
Thaddeus Lowe reporting the approach of a Confederate regiment. (53k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
Early photo of Thaddeus Lowe. (36k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
Lowe used these field glasses during the Civil War for aerial observations of Confederate troops. (36k jpg)
Gift of the heirs of Thaddeus Lowe.
1861 Note from President Lincoln to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott. (44k jpg)
Gift of the heirs of Thaddeus Lowe.
First page of correspondence between Thaddeus Lowe and Joseph Henry. (74k jpg)
Second page of correspondence between Thaddeus Lowe and Joseph Henry. (46k jpg)
First page of Letter from Major General George Stoneman praising Lowe's achievements. (55k jpg)
Second page of letter from Major General George Stoneman praising Lowe's achievements. (53k jpg)
Aerial photo of Boston in 1860 from Samuel Archer King's balloon, the "Queen of the Air". (65k jpg)
Courtesy of Boston Public Library
This balloon view of the U.S. Capitol in 1907 is among the earliest aerial photos of Washington, D.C. (45k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
A reconnaissance balloon from the Moby Dick program. (13k jpg)
Courtesy of Defense Visual Information Center
Skyhook panoramic cameras were flown on balloon reconnaissance missions very similar to those of the Moby Dick program. (15k jpg)
Explorer II high altitude balloon. (47k jpg)
Courtesy of the Lee Wells Collection
The Olympic stadium in Los Angeles, CA. (75k jpg)
Photograph by Jim Dexter
Skyscrapers in Detroit, MI. (51k jpg)
Photograph by Jim Dexter
Night game at Dodger Stadium. (70k jpg)
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