Aerial view of San Diego and San Diego Bay, Calif. – Antique Photo Print
(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 San Diego and San Diego Bay, Calif. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Aerial view of San Diego and San Diego Bay, Calif.
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An aerial view of San Diego Bay looks down on a waterfront that was still taking shape in the mid-1930s, when the city's harbor and downtown were growing fast. The photograph was taken by H.A. Erickson and dated to around December 17, 1934, though the catalog notes that this date comes from an old caption card and has not been verified. From above, the bay's curving shoreline, the working piers, and the street grid of the city's core are easy to trace. Aerial pictures from this period are especially useful for seeing how the harbor and the city fit together before later expansion changed them.
| Created / published | c1934 Dec. 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by H.A. Erickson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,215 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115314 |
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