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"Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It," by James Wallace Black, captured on October 13, 1860 from a balloon: the first aerial photograph taken in America. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] WhereGrapesMayRule 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are probably 100k people in the buildings pictured when it was taken and to think every single one of them is dead (hopefully).

[โ€“] FlyingSquid 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe some of them are undead.