— List of small oblique photos

These call numbers can be used to access the digital records of these pictures through Waywiser, CHSI’s archive user platform.

Ana Luiza Nicolae August 7, 2024 2 min read

These call numbers can be used to access the digital records of these pictures through Waywiser, CHSI’s archive user platform.

Call number Short description (the quoted descriptions have been supplied by CHSI through their Waywiser archival exploration system)
1998-1-1074a Photograph of a Geological 3D wave-propagation model.
1998-1-1074b “West Point Military Academy taken from the North-East”
1998-1-1074c “Lower Manhattan seen from the south.“
1998-1-1074d “U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., seen from the North-West.”
1998-1-1074e “Aerial photograph of taken from a very high altitude (39,120 ft.) over the agricultural region around Rushville, Indiana.”
1998-1-1074f “Photo, taken at a low altitude, probably less than 100 ft. shows Mount Vernon seen from the east.”
1998-1-1074g “Archeological site of Serpent Mound in southern Ohio.”
1998-1-1074h “Photograph of two airplanes flying over agricultural fields. Picture was taken from the same height as the two airplanes.”
1998-1-1074i “Print of a photograph showing a hut built on pylons by a large river, with a canoe manned by one indigenous person passing in front.”
1998-1-1074j “Colored print of a photograph showing a hut by a large river with jungle in the background. Includes a tall tree to the left of the hut.” 
1998-1-1074k “American Falls in Niagara Falls. The picture was taken from the north at a low altitude.”
1998-1-1074l “Summit of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps.”
1998-1-1074m “Photograph taken from the air at low altitude. It shows two round clearings in the rainforest, one of which has a round hut and two simple structures with flat roof and no walls.”
1998-1-1074n “Downtown Rio de Janeiro seen from the North over the bay.”
1998-1-1074o “Mount Vernon as seen from  the south at a low altitude.”
1998-1-1074p “Print of an aerial photograph taken  from elevation of 23,000 ft. over Monterrey, California, looking north at Santa Cruz.”
1998-1-1074q “Photograph of a sailboat taken at surface level probably from a hydroplane that landed on the ocean.“
uncatalogued Vertical picture taken over Harvard campus, sometime in the 1930s.
uncatalogued Mosaic picture of Boston Harbor, including the then Governor’s Island (now Logan Airport).
uncatalogued Same as above.
Photograph-book, uncatalogued Title: “Appendix to Aerial Photographs for Highway Location”, by HUIGE for Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works, W.H. Buracker, commissioner project division and G.H. Delano, Project Engineer. Incomplete: Includes cover photo and two photos inside only.