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Photo, Print, Drawing Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen. Snapshot fra et Aeroplan: Holmen og Havnen

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Title

  • Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen.

Other Title

  • Snapshot fra et Aeroplan: Holmen og Havnen

Summary

  • This view of Copenhagen harbor is the earliest known Danish aerial photograph. The picture was taken by Holger Damgaard (1870--1945), the first full-time press photographer in Denmark. Damgaard worked for the Danish newspaper Politiken from 1908 until 1940, where he documented a wide variety of events, places, and persons. Aerial photography goes back to the 1850s, when the first photographs were taken from balloons. The first photograph taken from an airplane was made in 1909, when the American aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright flew over Rome, carrying a passenger who shot a three-minute film of the city below. This photograph was made just a few years later, in 1913.

Names

  • Damgaard, Holger, 1870--1945 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1913.

Headings

  • -  Denmark--Copenhagen
  • -  1913
  • -  Aerial photographs
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Harbors

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 photograph ; 20.6 x 31.4 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Royal Library (The), Denmark.
  • -  Content in Danish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670537

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Damgaard, Holger, 1870. Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen. Denmark Copenhagen, 1913. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670537/.

APA citation style:

Damgaard, H. (1913) Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen. Denmark Copenhagen, 1913. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670537/.

MLA citation style:

Damgaard, Holger, 1870. Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670537/>.