First aerial photo of a great disaster, June 26, 1914. George T. Murray, staff photographer of the Boston journal, recorded the first known instance of aircraft being used for the purpose of news i

Step back in time with this striking reproduction of First aerial photo of a great disaster, June 26, 1914. George T. Murray, staff photographer of the Boston journal, recorded the first known instance of aircraft being used for the purpose of news i. Sourced from the United States Library of Congress.

Library of Congress record: Created 1914 June 26 Caption continues: An airplane of the Burgess Co., of Marblehead, Mass., with Clifford L. Webster, Naval Reserve, as pilot, was utilized in photographing the ruin wrought by the fire of June 25th which destroyed a large portion of the city of Salem, Mass ... Jones Collection. No. 3002 A.S. Aerial photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920.

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