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![[View of Staten Island, New York City, from balloon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvdmlldy1vZi1zdGF0ZW4taXNsYW5kLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktZnJvbS1iYWxsb29uLTQxMjk4Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/255/jpg "[View of Staten Island, New York City, from balloon]")
![Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem], Jordan R. [i.e., River], Amman](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYWVyaWFsLXBob3Rvcy1zZWEtb2YtZ2FsaWxlZS1hbmQtamVydXMtaWUtamVydXNhbGVtLWpvcmRhbi1yLWllLXJpdmVyLWFtbWFuLTIzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "Aerial photos, Sea of Galilee & Jerus. [i.e., Jerusalem], Jordan R. [i.e., River], Amman")
![[Cherry Island, Thousand Islands, New York]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvY2hlcnJ5LWlzbGFuZC10aG91c2FuZC1pc2xhbmRzLW5ldy15b3JrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Cherry Island, Thousand Islands, New York]")
![[Dreamland, Coney Island, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvZHJlYW1sYW5kLWNvbmV5LWlzbGFuZC1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTE5NTVlZC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Dreamland, Coney Island, New York City]")
![[View of Broadway, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvdmlldy1vZi1icm9hZHdheS1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LTQ3MzExNy02NDAuanBn/40/33/webp "[View of Broadway, New York City]")
![[Aerial view of Ellis Island with New York City World Trade Center in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5ODAvMDEvMDEvYWVyaWFsLXZpZXctb2YtZWxsaXMtaXNsYW5kLXdpdGgtbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS13b3JsZC10cmFkZS1jZW50ZXItaW4tdGhlLWJhY2tncm91bmQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Aerial view of Ellis Island with New York City World Trade Center in the background]")
![[Broadway from Bowling Green, New York City]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYnJvYWR3YXktZnJvbS1ib3dsaW5nLWdyZWVuLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktNjVkZWYzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Broadway from Bowling Green, New York City]")
![[New York City from a balloon, 1906]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1mcm9tLWEtYmFsbG9vbi0xOTA2LTlmYjcwNi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[New York City from a balloon, 1906]")
