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| Keywords: melvin vaniman melvin vaniman melvinvaniman photography panorama state library statelibrary sydney from a balloon sydneyfromaballoon 1904 crow's nest crowsnest balloon state library of new south wales statelibraryofnewsouthwales outdoor Vaniman struggled to find a suitable elevated viewpoint to record the city and began experimenting with a balloon imported from America in October 1903. He had to wait until a clear day without factory smoke and no wind. The balloon was tethered 180 metres above Dr John Hay's house at 'the Crow's Nest' [North Sydney]. Find more information about the Melvin Vaniman collection of photographic panoramas in the State Library of New South Wales' catalogue: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=413018 Vaniman struggled to find a suitable elevated viewpoint to record the city and began experimenting with a balloon imported from America in October 1903. He had to wait until a clear day without factory smoke and no wind. The balloon was tethered 180 metres above Dr John Hay's house at 'the Crow's Nest' [North Sydney]. Find more information about the Melvin Vaniman collection of photographic panoramas in the State Library of New South Wales' catalogue: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemdetailpaged.aspx?itemid=413018 | ||||
