1300 | |
B-17 used for aerial photography. This was the last operational B-17- dubbed "Old Rotten Wings" by aircraft crew. Flown by Coast Guard crew with C&GS navigator and cameraman |
Nome, Alaska 1948 |
1301 | |
Photographer Byron Hale dressed in flight gear. Oxygen mask in use as operating at 24,000 feet. Temperatures commonly approached -30 Celsius in camera compartment |
Alaska 1949? |
1302 | |
Photographer Byron Hale with a roll of nine lens camera film. |
1949? |
1303 | |
The cratered face of Semispochnoi, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Semispochnoi just west of Longitude 180. In Russian Semispochnoi means "The Island of Seven Volcanoes" |
Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 1949? |
1304 | |
One of the hazards of heavy aircraft on remote airstrips. The B-17 was a little too heavy for this airstrip |
Missoula, Montana June 9, 1951 |
1305 | |
One of the hazards of heavy aircraft on remote airstrips. The B-17 was a little too heavy for this airstrip |
Missoula, Montana June 9, 1951 |
1306 | |
Aerial view of Turnagain Arms, Alaska after 1963 Good Friday Earthquake. NOAA photo aircraft often help evaluate disaster damage |
Anchorage, Alaska April 1963 |
1307 | |
NOAA photo crews help ground-truth disaster damage at Turnagain Arm. Damage caused by 1963 Good Friday Earthquake |
Anchorage, Alaska April 1963 |
1308 | |
Tsunami damage at Kodiak. Fishing boats washed into town |
Kodiak, Alaska April 1963 |
1309 | |
NOAA aerial photography of damage caused by Hurricane Camille. Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the United States |
Gulfport, Mississippi August 1969 |
1310 | |
NOAA photo crews help ground-truth disaster damage following Hurricane Camille. 20-foot storm surge left many vessels high and dry |
Biloxi, Mississippi August 1969 |
1311 | |
NOAA aerial photography of damage caused by Hurricane Celia. Airport hangar destroyed and aircraft strewn about |
Corpus Christi, Texas August 1970 |
1312 | |
The shrimp fleet blown aground. Damage in the wake of Hurricane Celia |
Aransas Pass, Texas August 1970 |
1313 | |
Air photo mission and Launch 1255 engaged in Boston Harbor Current Study. |
Boston, Massachusetts October 1971 |
1314 | |
BC-8 aerial mapping camera. Used in the 1960's and 1970's |
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1315 | |
Modern aerial photographic equipment mounted in NOAA jet aircraft. |
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1316 | |
NOAA jet outfitted for photogrammetric missions. |
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1317 | |
Portion of photo panel to control aerial photography. These panels served to locate control points in aerial photographs |
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1318 | |
Photo panel installation north of Tuxedni Bay. These panels served to locate control points in aerial photographs |
Tuxedni Bay area, Cook Inlet, Alaska 1970 |
1319 | |
Placing photo panel for aerial photography. These panels served to locate control points in aerial photographs |
Atlantic Coast of United States 1980? |
1320 | |
Helicopter view of photo panel in Kalgin Island area. These panels served to locate control points in aerial photographs |
Prince William Sound, Alaska 1965 |
1321 | |
Photogrammetrist compiling chart from aerial photographs. |
Norfolk, Virginia 1980? |
1322 | |
Photogrammetric compilation equipment. |
Norfolk, Virginia 1980? |
1323 | |
Rectifying camera used to make one negative from composite nine-lens photographs . |
Washington, D.C. |
1324 | |
Zeiss stereoplanigraph Model C-50. A first order bridging and compilation instrument. |
Washington, D.C. 1955 |
1325 | |
Photogrammetry - chart compilation office. |
Norfolk, Virginia 1980? |
1326 | |
Photogrammetry - chart compilation office. |
Norfolk, Virginia 1980? |
1327 | |
Photogrammetry - field data verification office. |
Norfolk, Virginia 1980? |
1328 | |
Aerial photograph of Lake Union, Seattle. NOAA ship base in lower center of photograph. |
Seattle, Washington |
1329 | |
T-Sheet with editorial comments constructed from aerial photography. Field work in vicinity of NOAA Seattle ship base on Lake Union. |
Seattle, Washington |
1330 | |
Field checking aerial photographs. Identifying rocks, looking for man-made changes since photography, etc. |
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1331 | |
View from sea of Santa Barbara and mountains to north. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-289. |
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1332 | |
View of Point Conception looking to southeast. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-289. |
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1333 | |
View of San Pedro Harbor with ACTIVE and EWING. Original sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-289. |
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1334 | |
Survey H-289 with all views included on survey sheet. Sketches by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-289. |
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1335 | |
Survey H-290 from Point Conception to San Francisco. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-290. |
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1336 | |
View of Point Arguello. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-290. |
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1337 | |
View of Point Conception. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-290. |
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1338 | |
View of Cuyler's Harbor with ACTIVE at anchor. Sketch by William B. McMurtrie accompanying Survey H-309. |
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1339 | |
Views of Cuyler's Harbor. Sketch accompanying Survey H-2211. |
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1340 | |
The Coast Survey Plate by James McNeill Whistler. This plate was a practice copper plate engraving by Whistler. |
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1341 | |
Whistler's Anacapa Island engraving from a William B. McMurtrie sketch. The seagulls were added to give life to an otherwise sterile landscape. |
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1342 | |
South Farallon Islands as sketched by Army Captain William P. Trowbridge. Trowbridge was the West Coast tides party chief. He later worked for the Coast Survey in a civilian capacity |
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1343 | |
Coast Survey engraving of the Hudson River near West Point. |
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1344 | |
Sketch from Harper's copied from Coast Survey chart of the West Coast. |
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1345 | |
Chart of the United States West Coast from San Francisco to San Diego. |
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1346 | |
Section of West Coast chart centered on Monterey Bay. |
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1347 | |
Portland Harbor, Maine. Topographic survey Assistant Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, 1854-1858. Literally thousands of individual houses were delineated on this survey. Assistant Longfellow was the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Topographic Survey T-735 |
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1348 | |
South shore of Cape Ann by Henry L. Whiting. Topographic survey by Henry L. Whiting, 1850. Topographic Survey T-304 |
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1349 | |
Map of Salem Harbor including the city and islands. Topographic survey by Assistant Henry L. Whiting, 1849-1850. Topographic survey T-303 |
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