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Description: The photographic history of early manned balloon flights. Selected sources and more information:nnJohn Steiner, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1857: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=SPI_641nnEugène Godard, Buffalo, New York, 1858: http://buffalohistorygazette.blogspot.com/2010/08/19th-century-aeronautics-in-buffalo.htmlnnNadar, aerial view of Paris, 1858:nhttp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-first-aerial-photograph-of-paris-taken-by-nadar-from-a-news-photo/2641809nnJoh