Name/Title
Aerial of Berkeley east of Grant StreetEntry/Object ID
1978.001.11346Description
Aerial of Berkeley east of Grant Street, 1908. 22" X 55" BW
George R. Lawrence. panoramic kite-borne camera, Captive Airship was a kite train of up to 17 Conyne kites on a piano wire cable suspending a camera held by specially designed stabilizing mechanism. The spring operated shutter was released from the ground by a current from a battery activating a solenoid in the camera.
Also "San Francisco in Ruins :objective to photograph the destruction and sell huge contact prints
See Oversize Folder 2011.58. 3 copiesLexicon
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113-190-11346Location
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Photograph collection