Aerial Photographs [Old Town, 1947]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2015.6
Description
Set of 16 aerial photographs of Old Town by Fairchild Aerial Surveys of 21-21 41st Avenue, Long Island City 1, N. Y., together with an index to exposures. The name of the company is stamped on the back with the date and a code "8722-#-#" at the right side of each photograph. The index of exposures (in duplicate) is a map showing the overlay of the photos. The set is incomplete, as it only contains photos 6-5, 6-6, 7-4, 7-5,7-6 (covering the Stillwater river from the University to Stillwater), photos 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3 (covering Old Town (village), French Island, Indian Island, and parts of Orson Island), and photos 3-12, 3-13, 3-14, 3-15, 4-11, 4-12 (showing Mud Pond and parts of Pushaw Lake). Most likely part of a Tax Valuation Project commissioned by the City of Old Town in 1947 (see Penobscot Times, September 24, 1948, p.1).