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Subject:        Connecticut*s 1934 Aerial Survey Now Online
Date:   Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:06:39 +0000
From:   [log in to unmask] (Stephen Rice)
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In 1934, Connecticut became the first state to complete a statewide aerial
survey. Now Connecticut is the first state to put a complete statewide
aerial
survey online.

The 1934 aerial survey of Connecticut was taken before the Hurricane of
1938
radically changed the topography of the state, but after a statewide paving
project called "Get Connecticut Out of the Mud" enabled the popular
new-fangled
automobiles to climb the state's hills and cruise its valleys.  The
original
photographic prints have long been one of the most heavily used
collections at
the Connecticut State Library.

The State Library has now digitized the 8,731 original 1934 aerial
photographs,
and published them as part of the State Library's Digital Collections at
http://cslib.cdmhost.com/c! dm4/aer ials.php
<http://cslib.cdmhost.com/cdm4/aerials.php>. You can search for the
aerials photos
by town name, or by using either a street map locator or a topographic
index
sheet locator.

Some streets of today did not exist in 1934, so the aerial photo may show a
meadow or forest where you now would find a road. See what your
library's site looked like in 1934!"

For more information on the 1934 survey and the many other aerial
photographs
available at the State Library, see our website at
http://www.cslib.org/aerials.





Lynne Newell, Director
Information Services Division
Connecticut State Library
(860) 757-6565
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