Stamford Hill CVS01_01_054

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Stonebridge Road, Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters Curve (part of the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway), Haringey, Greater London. This image, taken from a balloon at 2000ft in May 1882, is the earliest extant aerial photograph taken in the British Isles and the world's first truly successful vertical aerial photograph. From the Cecil Victor Shadbolt collection of lantern slides dating from 1882-1892
Copyright © Historic England Archive
Media ID 12193362
Date: 13th June 2016
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: images.historicenglandservices.org.uk
Credit: Historic England Archive
Image Size: 4724 x 4724 Pixels
Filesize is 17.26MB
Associated Categories: The story of aerial photography
Associated Categories: London from the Air
Keywords: aerial, vertical, victorian