I was browsing through RealClearHistory and came across the story 65 Rare Photos That Will Change How You See American History. Number 26 was entitled This is the first aerial photo ever taken, captured by James Wallace Black from a hot-air balloon high above Boston.
Cool!
BTW: I heartily recommend checking in on RealClear’s entire website with regularity. There’s always a wide variety of articles on a wide variety of subjects from a wide variety of perspectives to keep you busy reading. It’s a great website. Their marquee site is RealClearPolitics. That’s what I keep bookmarked then go from there.