This Day in History Class

James Wallace Black takes the oldest surviving aerial photograph - October 13th, 1860

<p>On this day in 1860, James Wallace Black took a photo of Boston from a hot air balloon 1,200 feet in the air.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

From the desk of “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” “This Day in History Class” quickly recounts a tidbit from today’s events in history.