-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Aerial maps of US from 1940s Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:52:54 -0500 From: s hawkins <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] References: <[log in to unmask]> Bruce, Typicall photos of this vintage can be found through the NARA (National Archives). Since the last time I purchased through them was about 3 years ago things may have changed, but I think it takes about 6 - 8 weeks turnaround through their vendors (the folks that are authorized to reproduce their imagery) and you have to go through one of those to get the research done. http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/cartographic.html I used to do this sort of thing but am no longer. Good luck! --sue hawkins ~~~~~~~~~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/suehawkins/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s To: [log in to unmask] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Aerial maps of US from 1940s Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:12:56 -0600 From: Mike Flannigan <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> CC: [log in to unmask] References: <[log in to unmask]> 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