Archival Resources
Aerial Photography

  • Manuscript Group 286- Penn Central Railroad Records- Pennsylvania Railroad Company
    • Office of the Secretary- Tom Hollyman Photographs
      • Circa 1950
      • Aerial photographs of railroads
      • Throughout PA
    • More information on MG 286
      • Numerous photographs are not from PA
      • Each photograph includes a brief description
      • Some town photographs
      • Industrial development possibilities and industrial sites
      • Railroad engines, cars, lines, yards, bridges, and ferry photographs

  • Manuscript Group 281- Samuel W. Kuhnert Papers
    • Dates from 1915-1978
    • Mostly from Central PA
    • Aerial photographs organized by town or subject
    • More information on MG 281
      • Some photographs are not from PA
      • There are various sized photographs
      • They are mostly original prints, but some have had copies made from the original negatives

  • Manuscript Group 416- Aero Service Corporation Photographs
    • They date from the 1920s-1930s, but some are undated
    • Mostly of Philadelphia and the surrounding area
    • They are on individually wrapped glass and film slides
    • More information on MG 416
      • Arranged by location and subject, but they are not all necessarily together
      • Includes both buildings and individual structural locations such as plants and companies, schools, home and farms, cemeteries, prisons, etc.
      • Some slides are not developed evenly

  • Manuscript Group 425- Ebasco Environmental Aerial Photographs
    • Dates from 1980-1985
    • There is no finding aid for this manuscript group
    • They are arranged alphabetically by county, including the counties along the southern border of PA
    • More information on MG 425
      • Each photograph includes a Mile Post (MP) reference with a line number
      • 1 inch equals 500 feet in the photographs
      • 6 series of photographs, each of which begins with a station discharge
      • Each series is numbered sequentially

  • Record Group 31- Records of the Department of Commerce
    • RG 31.18 Aerial Photographs and Index of the 1940 Survey of Pennsylvania
    • Dates from 1937-1942
    • Organized by county with three letter code
    • List of county codes is provided
    • More information on RG 31.18
      • Aerials taken from a great distance
      • The date can be found on the photograph
      • A few counties are not included
      • There is an accompanying index for the photographs for identification