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Subject: RE: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:22:45 -0500
From: Hallie Pritchett <[log in to unmask]>
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As Prof. Hanley states the UGA Map Library has an excellent and extensive
collection of air photos of the state of Georgia dating back to the late
1930s. The majority of our air photos were flown by the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), now the Aerial Photography
Field Office (APFO), a division of the USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA).
Air photos for most states (including Kentucky) from 1955 to present can be
ordered directly from the APFO; further information about the APFO can be
found here:
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=home&subject=landing&topic=landing
Air photos flown prior to 1955 are available from the National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/cartographic.html
USGS Fact Sheet 127-96 (May 2007) Looking for an Old Aerial Photograph gives
a good overview of resources:
http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs12796.pdf
Finally, the Geological Sciences Library and Map Collection at the
University of Kentucky has per their Web site an extensive collection of
maps, atlases, gazetteers and Kentucky air photos available in their map
collection & is probably the best place to start:
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=9
Hope this helps!
Hallie Pritchett
Map and Federal Regional Depository Librarian
University of Georgia Libraries
Athens, GA 30602
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706-542-0690 FAX: 706-583-0631
http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/
http://www.libs.uga.edu/govdocs/
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Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:41:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Hanley <[log in to unmask]>
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Great example of why it is useful to keep old maps. I think the University
of GA has some excellent air photos from that era of at least parts of GA.
Maybe they have already given you a clue as to how to proceed. I also
remember having someone look through the National Archives for some early
imagery. A forester or agronomist might be able to look at more recent
photography to delineate earlier farming history.
Good luck.
Tom Hanley, Professor Emeritus of Geology, Columbus State University
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Links to the ACRES projects and to Panama photos may be found at:
http://chemgeo.ColState.edu/th_hp.htm
"Rock Trails in Central Park" co-authored with M.M. Graff, is available for
download at http://www.greenswardparks.org
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Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:12:56 -0600
From: Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]>
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That is some tough land to farm.
http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-84.52500&lat=36.99722&opt=1
I suspect they farmed down in Jugornot Hollow.
Mike Flannigan
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I am an attorney in addition of being a lover of maps. I am wearing my
>attorney hat as I write this. I have a case involving the rights of
>various adjoining land owners in a tract of property located in the Buck
>Creek section of Pulaski County, Kentucky. An important element of the
>case involves how much of the land was being farmed in the 1940s. A
>couple of months ago, I read in these post that during WWII, the Army
>made aerial maps of the entire United States. The earliest aerial
>photographs I have been able to find so far were taken in the 1950s. I
>very much need to find a source for these old Army aerial maps. The area
>I need is located in south eastern Pulaski County, Kentucky, and would
>be on the Dykes or Hail USGS maps or at about 36 degrees, 59 min 50 sec,
>84 degrees, 31 minutes, 30 seconds. There was an old Kentucky court of
>appeals opinion from the 1940s that decided the boundary issue on this
>land but unfortunately, the case referred to the "land currently being
>farmed" and referenced a map. The map is no longer in the file so the
>only way to determine the boundary is to look at old aerial maps to try
>to determine the location of the land being cultivated at the time the
>aerial photographs were made. Any help with this problem or referrals
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Bruce Orwin
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