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Lewis (Leland) Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection
MSS 0409
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0409
Physical Description:
1.6 Linear feet
(4 archive boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1947-1971
Abstract: Aerial photographs of Baja California (Mexico) coastal features, including black-and-white images of points, ports, capes,
bays, and islands, taken by Leland Lewis, a west coast navigator, sailor and author. Port towns represented include Ensenada,
La Paz, Loreto, Mulege, Santa Rosalia, and San Felipe. Many of the images were used to illustrate Lewis's book entitled
Sea Guide - Baja (1971).
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection contains images of points, ports, capes, bays, and islands
along the Pacific and Gulf of California coasts of the Baja California peninsula. Most of the images are eight by ten inch
black-and-white photoprints taken from a light plane off the coast. While most of the photographs were taken by Lewis, some
images were collected from commercial and governmental sources. The collection includes images of the towns of Ensenada, La
Paz, Loreto, Mulege, Santa Rosalia, and San Felipe. The photographs, most of which date between 1965 and 1971, are arranged
alphabetically by location.
Leland Lewis was a navigator who worked aboard west coast tuna clippers and sailed as the skipper of his own schooner. In
1965, he published the first volume of his
Sea Guide, which covered the Southern California coast from Point Arguello to Punta Banda, Mexico. The second volume, covering both
the Pacific and Gulf of California coasts of Baja California, appeared in 1971. Most of the photographs were taken in the
company of Arnold Senterfitt, a pilot and author of Airports of Baja California.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection, MSS 409. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquired 1995, 1996, 1998.
For photographic or digital reproductions of images in this collection, patrons must obtain written permission from Leland
Lewis.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aerial photography in geography -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Pilot guides -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Pilot guides -- California, Southern
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Pictorial works