aerial photograph of Santa Cruz, California
Date: 1920-1940
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1074p
Classification: Photograph
Subject:
Owner: Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory ? (1885-present)
Maker: Institute of Geographical Exploration ? (1929 - 1952)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
envelope with 17 photographs: 1 x 53.5 x 66 cm (3/8 x 21 1/16 x 26 in.)
Material:
Accessories: one of 17 photographs stored in the same black envelope
Description:
Print of an aerial photograph taken from elevation of 23,000 ft. over Monterrey, California, looking north at Santa Cruz. The shore of Monterrey Bay can be seen in the foreground. The Golden Gate is seen at the upper right. The horizon is visible in the background, showing the curvature of the Earth.
One of a series of 17 photographs and prints stored in the same envelope. They include aerial photographs, military pictures, landscapes, and a graph. They probably come from the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
One of a series of 17 photographs and prints stored in the same envelope. They include aerial photographs, military pictures, landscapes, and a graph. They probably come from the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedhandwritten with pen on back: View from elevation of 23,000 ft. / over Monterrey, California, looking north at Santa Cruz (in foreground, / shore of Monterrey Bay) with the / Golden Gate at upper right. / Showing curvature of earth's surface.;
handwritten with pen on back, approximately behind features described: Pacific Ocean / Golden Gate / Santa Cruz, Calif. / Monterrey Bay
handwritten with pen on back, approximately behind features described: Pacific Ocean / Golden Gate / Santa Cruz, Calif. / Monterrey Bay
ProvenanceDavid Wheatland wrote in the back of 1998-1-1074o that the photograph came from the former Harvard Institute of Geographical Exploration on Divinity Avenue. It may, however, have been transferred to the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory before being recovered by him.
Some of the objects in the 1998-1-1074 series, including "o" have numbers written with pencil on them. The number on 1998-1-0174h suggests that these numbers correspond to pages in an album in which they are listed for reproduction.
All the photographs with a number on the back are more likely to come from the Institute of Geographical Exploration.
Some of the objects in the 1998-1-1074 series, including "o" have numbers written with pencil on them. The number on 1998-1-0174h suggests that these numbers correspond to pages in an album in which they are listed for reproduction.
All the photographs with a number on the back are more likely to come from the Institute of Geographical Exploration.
