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Swami (Sri Ratnam) Aerial Photography Collection
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box 1

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.- aerial photographs March 15, 1950-April 7, 1964; undated

Scope and Contents

black-and-white aerial photographs of California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, and other locations.
 

Folder 1: Aerial photographs of Shiprock Arizona;Stauffer Chemical Company plant; R.F.C. Midland; Rubber Company; downtown Los Angeles; and others. Numbers: 11419-13785 (approximate); and 22736-T3 March 15, 1950-January 30, 1957

 

Folder 2: Aerial photographs of Fairchild offices; Los Angeles; farmland; and others. Numbers: 13819-13839 May 16, 1957-August 8, 1957

 

Folder 3: Aerial photographs of Riverside Cement Company; Great Western Malting Company; and others. Numbers: 14056-14195 (approximate) May 5, 1959-March 29, 1960

 

Folder 4: Aerial photographs of Garden City Kansas; Colorado: La Junta, Pueblo, Durango, Farmington; Arizona: Glen Canyon Dam,Colorado River, Grand Canyon, and Flagstaff; Farmington, New Mexico; Jacob Hamblin Area. Numbers: 14428-144258 1963

 

Folder 5: Aerial photographs of mostly rural land. Unknown location. Number: 14589 undated

box 2

Aerial photographs- Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.; and others February 25, 1934-September 14, 1958; undated

Scope and Contents

This box contains black-and-white aerial photographs of farmland, factories, mountains, and other locations. Some, but not all of the photographs are stamped with the "Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc." logo.
 

Folder 1: Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc: Meteor Crater Arizona (0-3977 and 0-3979 (A); Hopi Reservation, Arizona (0-4050 and 0-4055); Winslow Arizona (0-4171); Grand Canyon (0-5310); Meteor Crater (0-5834); Burning Tree Lower Colorado River (0-8280- A); Niagra Falls (0-56-3542); photographs of a city (55-4613)

 

Folder 2: Aerial photographs of mountain range. Unknown location. Number: 24660. December 12, 1964

 

Folder 3: Aerial photographs of farmland, mountains, and factories. Unknown location. undated

 

Folder 4: Aerial photographs of suburban areas. Unknown location. Number: C-13330 December 20, 1948

 

Folder 5: Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.-photo index map of Upper Missouri Basin Survey for Bureau of Reclamation undated

 

Unfoldered: Aerial photographs of mountains, farmland, and riverbeds. Numbers: 22915-11A; 22915-11B; 22915-12C; 22915-13A; 23130-78E September 14, 1958

box 3

Aerial photographs- Geotronics, Pacific Air Industries, and others February 2, 1956-January 20, 1973; undated

Scope and Contents

This box contains black-and-white aerial photographs from Geotronics, Pacific Air Industries, and other unknown companies. Images depict streets, buildings, and shorelines.
 

Folder 1:Geotronics, 22407 February 6, 1956

 

Folder 2: Geotronics, 22555 August 14, 1956-August 23, 1956

 

Folder 3: Geotronics: VII-LA-4; VII-LA-7; Pacific Air Industries: 23870 January 15, 1958-May 12, 1960

 

Folder 4: California Aero Topo Inc. January 20, 1973

 

Folder 5: Company unknown, Numbers: GS-VQT; SFV; AXJ-3k; 10890; 23305; 23130-75; 6-5-73 (no identifiers); 1-71 (no identifiers) May 22, 1949-June 5, 1973; undated

 

Folder 6: black-and-white photographs, location unknown. undated

box 4

Aerial photographs- Geotronics, Pacific Air Industries, and others September 23, 1958-November 28, 1965; undated

Scope and Contents

This box contains black-and-white aerial photographs from Geotronics, Pacific Air Industries, and others. Images depict streets, buildings, shorelines,and mountains.
 

Folder 1: Geotronics 205V and 24577 April 3, 1963-June 28, 1963

 

Folder 2: Geotronics 1533-13; Pacific Air Industries 24801 June 29, 1964-November 28, 1965

 

Folder 3: Geotronics C300 J236-J87 (approximate numbers) undated

 

Unfoldered: "Apr. Run 7" 542-612 (approximate numbers). No company or location listed September 23, 1956

box 5

Aerial photographs- Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A.; and others January 17, 1952-January 11, 1963; undated

Scope and Contents

This box contains black-and-white aerial photographs of buildings; a sports stadium; farm land; mountains; Ceyala and Motzorongo, Mexico; and other locations. Some photographs are stamped with the "Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A." logo.
 

Folder 1: Compania Mexicana Aerofoto S.A. 8508; 13980; 6072 January 17, 1952; February 4, 1958; undated

 

Folder 2: Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A. "Celaya". 1627-2-4 December 18, 1961

 

Folder 3: Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A.- "Motzorongo Ver", "Vuelo Bajo" #1681; 1637 January 31, 1962-January 11, 1963

 

Folder 4: Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A.- (2) 1; (22) 3; (23) 3; (35), 4; (36), 4; (3)1; (54)5; (53) 5 undated

 

Folder 5: Compania Mexicana Aerofoto, S.A.- unknown locations undated

 

Unfoldered: aerial photographs of shorelines, buildings, suburban areas, and other locations. Some images stamped with: 11023 undated

box 6-8

Color slides undated

Physical Description: 3 boxes

Scope and Contents

Three boxes of color slides containing images of geographic locations in Argentina, Southeast Asia, Egypt, Afganistan, Bolivia, Brazil, Europe, Japan, Vietnam, the Mediterranean, and others. Images depict landscapes, famous landmarks, architecture, maps, and citizens. Also included are aerial shots taken from space. Many of the slides indicate that they were part of the audio visual departments at University of California Santa Barbara; and California State College Los Angeles.
box 9, folder 1

Color slides containing images of geographic locations from around the world. Images depict landscapes, famous landmarks, architecture, maps, and citizens. undated

box 9, folder 2

Aerials of Colby, Kansas, Indonesia, and #502-194 (unknown location); and group photographs taken in a work area. Summer 1950, January 22, 1961, June 1972, undated

box 9, folder 3

Aerial photographs with markings on trace paper. Numbers Zk-5B 6, 13, 14, 43, 44, 47, 49, 51. September 23, 1941

box 9, folder 4

Partial and cut aerial photographs undated

box 9, folder 5

Ceylon Survey Department aerials. Some images are of Weligama Bay undated

box 9, folder 6

Proyecto De Aerofotogrametri de la O.E.A.- aerials numbered 65 8907; 65 8908 November 11, 1961

box 9, folder 7

Negatives of aerial photographs. Numbered 0-13722A, 0-13723-13727 August 16, 1956

box 9, folder 8

Negatives of aerial photographs. Numbered 0-13728-13733 August 16, 1956

box 9, folder 9

Negatives of aerial photographs. Numbered F-C-17 undated

box 9, folder 10

City of Santa Monica Department of Engineering- map June 26, 1968

box 9, folder 11

Photogrammetric measurment of bulls (24677)- photographs and documents December 1963

box 9, folder 12

Clippings and magazine articles featuring aerial photographs 1965-1968; undated

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