Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. New York Office Aerial Photographic Prints and Negatives of New York State Sites

Arranged by print/negative number (corresponding to rough chronological order by flight date).

This series consists of photographic negatives and positive prints of low-altitude, oblique aerial views of a variety of New York State sites. The New York office of Fairchild Aerial Surveys (a commercial firm) produced the images during the years 1946-1949, 1951, and 1957. The reason the photography was done is not known, but the firm's work was used to produce maps for the U.S. Geological Survey, among others. Images depict locations statewide, with the New York City metropolitan area predominating.

The aerial shots show the built environment especially well, including public and commercial buildings (breweries, churches, colleges, factories, hospitals, hotels); transportation infrastructure (bridges, airports, and parkways); and recreational and cultural venues (racetracks, beaches, ships, waterfronts, and historic sites). There are also views of significant landmarks (Empire State Building, the U.N. building), building sites, and natural features such as lakes, mountains, and marshes.

B1598-04: This single 14" x 19" black and white photograph depicts the Mohawk Carpet Mills at Amsterdam, N.Y., 1941.

High resolution images of all original documents in this series are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

20978 Orthographic Aerial Photographs contains related photographs.

10700 Aerial Photographs and Index to Aerial Photographs of State Highways contains related photographs. Other Fairchild negatives and photographs of sites located outside of New York State may be found at the New Jersey State Archives, the Map and Imagery Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Whittier College (Whittier, California).

Item list is available at the repository.

These images were originally part of a large collection of Fairchild photographs acquired by the New Jersey State Archives, which weeded the collection and donated New York views to the New York State Archives.

Images in this series may be protected by U.S. Copyright. Consult with archivist to obtain currently available information on copyright owner or agent.

The State Archives makes digital copies of images from Series B1598 available under the "fair use" provision of the US Copyright Act. However, the images may be protected by copyright and responsibility for determining the copyright owner or agent, and for obtaining any needed permissions to publish the images rests with the user.