Historic Aerial Photographs
Various high resolution historic aerial photograph overlays for various cities. I will continue to add additional locations as I have time.
The collection currently includes the following:
Los Angeles 1948 (Aerials from USGS)
New York City 1954 (Aerials from USGS)
Oakland, California 1948 (Aerials from USGS)
Chicago, 1938 (Aerials from Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Clearinghouse)
Los Angeles Intl Airport, 1938, 1945, 1952, 1963, 1985 and 1992

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I am very interested in the aerials of Oakland from 1948. How do I access them? I have Google Earth on my iMac. Thanks,
@Stuart – Just click on the Download button on the post. You should be able to turn on/off the aerials from the menu on the left by checking boxes next to the ones you want to see. If that’s not working, let me know.
Thanks! Awesome!
RE: Chicago Imagery
I noticed that you have included the downtown and nearby surrounding area. I will be eagerly looking forward to the inclusion of more of the available 1938 imagery.
At this time I don’t have any plans to add more imagery to the Chicago area. Maybe in future.