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[Aerial view of New York City] / Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., N.Y.C. – Vintage Wall Art

[Aerial view of New York City] / Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., N.Y.C., c1934. — historic photograph
[Aerial view of New York City] / Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., N.Y.C., c1934.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Aerial view of New York City] / Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., N.Y.C. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Taken from the air around 1934, this view shows the harbor and waterfront of New York City from above, a vantage that was still striking to most viewers at the time. The photograph was made by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, a New York firm founded by Sherman Fairchild to produce aerial photography for mapping and survey work. By the mid-1930s, such images were prized for revealing the street grid, the piers reaching into the rivers, and the ships working the port, details that ground-level views rarely captured. The print was also registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, one reason many commercial aerial views from this period survive in collections today.

Created / publishedc1934.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreAerial photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesJ15824 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsHarbors--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. New York (N.Y.)--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan910 × 724 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-196081

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