Aerial Photographs

Photograph

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New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Aerial Photographs

Entry/Object ID

NU 2023.333.1-56

Description

A collection of sixty-five black and white aerial photographs of a variety of locations in California, including San Francisco, Shasta/Northern California, Sacramento and Yosemite, as well as locations on the East Coast and Midwest, including Boston, New York, and Ohio. The photographs were originally in a plain black two-ring binder.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Made/Created

Date made

1930 - 1931

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

The photographs that are dated are from these two years.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

On the back of photos 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 46b, 55, 56

Transcription

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH DO NOT PUBLISH WITHOUT AUTHORITY 15TH PHOTO SECTION AIR CORPS, U.S. ARMY CRISSY FIELD, PRESIDIO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Stamped

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo

Transcription

A.C Pursuit {unintelligible} Mather Field April 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photos 5, 6

Transcription

Shasta April, 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 7

Transcription

Long range photo Peak in left 275 miles away Taken with {unintelligible} by Cap. Stevens A.C. April 1930 From vicinity of Crater Lake, Oregon

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 12

Transcription

Stadium in Golden Gate Park. S.F. December, 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 13

Transcription

{unintelligible} District, S.F. Cal. December 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 16

Transcription

View of city from C.O.'s quarters, Crissy Field, December 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 17

Transcription

Crissy Field, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. December 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 18

Transcription

Crater Lake, Ore. April 1930 by Capt Stevens, A.C.

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 19

Transcription

Long range photo taken from vicinity of Crater Lake, Ore By Capt Stevens AC. April 1930

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 24

Transcription

Cal. State Prison at Folsom Taken by L {unintelligible} January 1931

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 25

Transcription

Clear Lake Cal. (near Ukiah) Taken by L. W. McI January 1931

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 26

Transcription

Part of Lake Tahoe, High Sierras Cal. Taken by L W McI January 1931

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of photo 39

Transcription

Coast Range north of San Francisco Taken by L W McI January 1931

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pen

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

See dimensions in part descriptions.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good