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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 187

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(such as the picture of my EastHampton house, barn, and laboratory) is alwaysinteresting, though views made with the camerapointing at an angle of about forty-five degreesare more picturesque. The camera should befastened to a light stick, about a foot long, with 728 KITE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BOYS AND… … TAKEN AT AN ELEVATION OF 150 FEET. NOTICE THEMAN AT THE KITE KEEL IN THE FOREGROUND, ANDTHE AUTHOR WATCHING THE CAMERA WITH A FIELD-GLASS. tied firmly to the kite-string, when everything isready for an ascension. When everything is properly fixed, pull theslide of the plate-holder, light the punk,…

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