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Catalog Data

Extent:
1 Photographic print
Container:
Folder 1, Item 6
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Date:
September 1897
Scope and Contents:
Compliments of William A. Eddy to Mr. Edward Herbert Young, who helped him to take this mid air kite photograph in Sept. 1897. Taken from a camera sustained in mid air by nine Eddy Kites in tandem. (Signed) William A. Eddy. Oblique aerial photograph of Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., from a point over the south side of the US Capitol Grounds looking roughly northwest over the south end of the United States Capitol building (east facade at right).
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 00181713
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/pg270cf5ab6-2106-47ff-a3ac-bb5d8c2590a5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0752-ref7