Thursday, February 29, 2024 – THE VIEW FROM ABOVE IS FASCINATING

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THURSDAY


FEBRUARY 29, 2024

VINTAGE AERIAL

PHOTOS OF NEW YORK

ISSUE # 1190
 

 FROM 

WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

From the early 1900’s New York has been the subject of aerial photography.  Enjoy these that are part of the hundreds on Wikimedia Commons.

Brooklyn Army Base, New York, between the wars.png 1917

Aerial photograph of Castle Clinton in Battery Park (New York City), Castle Clinton National Monument.1961

New York (191217159).jpeg

Can you identify this photos?500px provided description: New York [#USA ,#Urban ,#New York ,#NYC ,#B&W]

New York Naval Shipyard aerial photo 01 in April 1945.jpg

The U.S. Navy New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York (USA), photographed from 300 m altitude, looking west, 15 April 1945. The ships in the large dry docks in center are (left to right): USS Houston (CL-81) and the aircraft carriers USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) and USS Reprisal (CV-35).

Mitchel Field – New York – 1968.jpg

Mitchel Field – New York – 1968

United States Department of Agriculture

OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF MANHATTAN TOWER OF MANHATTAN BRIDGE – Manhattan Bridge, Spanning East River at Flatbush Avenue, between New York City and 1991 Brooklyn, New York, New York HAER NY,31-NEYO,164-9.tif  1991

GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING EAST – Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY HABS NY,31-ELLIS,1-1.tif

Hindenburg over New York 1937.jpg

Photo of the Hindenburg over New York City on May 6, 1937. A few hours after this photo was taken, the airship crashed and burned at Lakehurst, NJ while trying to land.

New York – New York City – NARA – 68145885.jpg

Triboro and Hellgate Bridges 1917

AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NORTH – Governors Island, Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, New York, New York County, NY HABS NY,31-GOVI,1-15.tif

Brooklyn Army Base, New York, between the wars.png

USS Arizona in New York City.tif  1917

Sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7. 1941

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AARON EISENPREISS, LINA BECKER, JOYCE GOLD, ANDY SPARBERG, ALEXIS VILLAFANE, HARA REISER, & GLORA HERMAN 

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