Aerial Photographs Before Airplanes

So you want to get an amazing aerial panoramic shot of San Fran, but you have a slight problem - it's 1906. It's been three years since the Wright Brothers first flight and photography from planes won't be common for another 15 years or so. Go fly a kite. Wohba, what a kite! Here's the best of the photos, and here's the site that explains it all.