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

[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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A window into the past: [Aerial view of New York City] / Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., N.Y.C., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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

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Taken from the air around 1934, this view centers on New York Harbor, where the city's shoreline, piers, and tidal waters meet in one frame. The print came from Fairchild Aerial Surveys, a New York firm that grew out of Sherman Fairchild's work on aerial cameras and that made large mapping and survey photographs during the 1930s. Overhead views like this were valuable then for charting waterfront development and documenting a port that handled much of the country's shipping. The record does not name the specific pier or neighborhood, so the image is best read as a snapshot of the harbor's layout in the Depression years.

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 scan4,096 × 3,260 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-196081

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