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Catalog Data

Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Folder 1, Item 5
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
September 1897
Scope and Contents:
Compliments of William A. Eddy for Edward Herbert Young, who helped him take mid air kite photographs in September 1897. This is the roof from which the kites were sent out, taken from a camera sustained in mid air by Eddy Kites. Oblique aerial photograph taken somewhere on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.; Eddy and Young can be seen standing on top of the building at left, with several kites laid flat on the roof around them.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aerial photography  Search this
Kites  Search this
Collection Citation:
Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy], Acc. XXXX-0752, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0752, Item NASM 00181712
See more items in:
Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy]
Kite Aerial Photography [William Eddy] / Photographs and Ephemera
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23220c98e-06c3-46ca-8e3c-4e16c3798c1c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0752-ref6