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[Boston from a Hot-Air Balloon] — James Wallace Black. [Boston from a Hot-Air Balloon], 1860s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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[Boston from a Hot-Air Balloon]

by James Wallace Black

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Artist: James Wallace Black (American, Francestown, New Hampshire 1825–1896 Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Date: 1860s
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: 25.6 x 20.2 cm. (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photographs
Department: Photographs
Credit line: Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1981
Accession no.: 1981.1229.4

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