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Aerial photography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101264.html Non-preferred terms: Aerophotography ; Air photography ; Airborne photography ; Balloon photography

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

George P. Boyle Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-04-13-A
Contents of the Collection The George P. Boyle Collection is comprised of two series; World War II aerial reconnaissance photographs and Boeing memorabilia. Series I, World War II aerial reconnaissance photographs, includes fifty-eight (58) black-and-white photographs dated 1945. The photographs vary in size, from 9.5x9.5" to 10x19" and include front captions providing contextual information such as location, date, and type of image, such as "post strike." The images were taken in various...
Dates: 1945-1991

Herman Butler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-12-27-A
Abstract

Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1917-1940s ( dates 1917-1920); Majority of material found within 1917 - 1920

John G. Doughty Aerial Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-01
Overview

John G. Doughty Aerial Photographs consists of a set of twelve photographic albumen prints taken by Doughty, a resident of Winchester, Connecticut, from a balloon ascension over Connecticut in September 1885.

Dates: 1885-1886

Colin Hunter Collection of U.S.A. Aerial Photography School Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-06-08
Abstract

The collection contains visual materials relating primarily to the U.S.A. Aerial Photography School in Rochester, New York during World War I.

Dates: circa 1916-1918

Glenn Jones Aerial Camera Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1985-06-19-A
Contents of the Collection

The Glenn Jones Aerial Camera Photographs collection is a small collection consisting of two photographic prints depicting early aerial cameras, possibly from the World War I era. No further information about the cameras is known.

Dates: circa 1914-1918

Marc A. Lagen World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-18
Abstract

Marc Aloysius Lagen (1882-1946), originally from Dubuque, Iowa, was a theatrical manager who served as Captain in the Balloon Section of the U.S. Army Air Service during World War I. The collection contains documents, photographs, correspondence, and ephemera relating to his World War I career.

Dates: 1914-1948; Majority of material found within 1918-1919

Albert Fulton Moorehead World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-03-03
Contents of the Collection The Albert Fulton Moorehead World War II Collection primarily relates to the World War II service of pilot Albert Fulton Moorehead, who served with the United States Naval Reserve Patrol Bombing Squadron 136. The collection contains approximately 130 photographs depicting locations in Alaska during the war, military personnel, activities, and aircraft. Additional materials include a pilot's log book, a typed "Personal History of VPB-136" by Robert R. Larson, military records...
Dates: 1941-1945

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