Southern California aerial photography collection, 1933-1940

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Summary

Title:: Southern California aerial photography collection
Dates:: 1933-1940
Abstract:: This collection contains approximately 900 aerial photographs (8"x10") of Southern California, including views from as far north as Santa Barbara to as far south as La Jolla.
Extent:: 5.5 linear feet (6 oversize boxes)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], Southern California aerial photography collection, Mss 309. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains approximately 900 (8"x10") aerial photographs of Southern California, including views from as far north as Santa Barbara to as far south as La Jolla. Includes images of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Santa Monica, San Pedro, Palos Verdes, Newport Beach, Oceanside, Pasadena, Catalina Island, Seal Beach, Redondo Beach, and Huntington Beach, among others. Almost all are labeled and dated on the back, with the vast majority dating from 1933-1940. The collection emphasizes manufacturing and industry (particularly oil fields and refineries), flood control, and shoreline development, but also includes shots of business districts and recreational locales (e.g., country clubs, hotels, civic auditoriums). The community of Long Beach is especially well represented.

The original owner of the collection was an architect from Long Beach, but it is unknown what relationship (if any) these photographs had to his professional work, and whether he commissioned the photographs himself or collected them from outside sources. Most were produced by the Watson Airfoto Company of Long Beach. The Long Beach Blueprint Company and the H. Harold Fisher Company are also represented.

Acquisition information:

Library purchase, 2014.

Physical location:

Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Aerial photographs
Places:: Catalina Island--Aerial photographs
Huntington Beach--Aerial photographs
La Jolla--Aerial photographs
Long Beach--Aerial photographs
Los Angeles--Aerial photographs
Newport Beach--Aerial photographs
Oceanside --Aerial photographs
Palos Verdes--Aerial photographs
Pasadena--Aerial photographs
Redondo Beach (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
San Pedro--Aerial photographs
Santa Barbara--Aerial photographs
Santa Monica--Aerial photographs
Seal Beach--Aerial photographs.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2014.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-09-24 09:25:13 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], Southern California aerial photography collection, Mss 309. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US