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Portland: Street Scene
A street scene of Old Port, the historic waterfront district in downtown Portland, Maine. The neighborhood is popular for its waterfront views, galleries, and restaurants. As of 2016, this storefront located at 9 Moulton St is occupied by Mexicali…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island and its harbor, in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island and its harbor, in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island and its harbor, in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat Island, and a…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island and its harbor, in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat…
Massachusetts: Nantucket Island (Aerial)
An aerial view of Nantucket Island and its harbor, in Massachusetts. Nantucket lies thirty miles south of Cape Cod, and is approximately fifteen miles in length. The town of Nantucket includes Nantucket Island as well as Tuckernuck Island, Muskegat…
Bristol: Narragansett Bay (Aerial)
A view across Narragansett Bay, looking towards Prudence Island and the East Passage. Prudence Island is one of the largest islands in the bay. There are approximately thirty islands in the bay, and over ten different rivers flow into it from around…
Bristol: Narragansett Bay (Aerial)
A view across Narragansett Bay, looking towards Prudence Island and the East Passage. Prudence Island is one of the largest islands in the bay. There are approximately thirty islands in the bay, and over ten different rivers flow into it from around…
Bristol: Poppasquash Point and Point Pleasant (Aerial)
Poppasquash Point in Bristol, RI is home to the English-inspired, Tudor-revival, country estate known as Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Farm. It overlooks the Bristol Harbor and provides a view of Narragansett Bay. The estate is of particular…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 4
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 3
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 2
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this waterfront land just north of the bridge in Bristol and…
Bristol: Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. In 1956 the college purchased this waterfront land in Bristol and became a two-year institution named Roger Williams Junior…
Providence Pier
A view of downtown Providence from the city pier, across the Providence River.
Providence: Downtown & East Side (Aerial)
The Providence River separates the Downtown and East Side neighborhoods of Providence. The East Side is home to Brown University, and Rhode Island School of Design. Roger Williams founded Providence along College Hill, thus the East Side contains…
Port of Providence (Aerial)
The northernmost points of Narragansett Bay, where it is fed by the Providence and Seekonk Rivers. The Port of Providence and Interstate 95 are in the foreground of the photograph. The construction of Interstate 95 effectively segregated Providence…
Downtown Providence (Aerial)
Downtown Providence from above, looking west across the Providence River into the cityscape. This 1976 view shows how Interstate 195 used to divide the city and occupy crucial downtown real estate. It was relocated in the 2000s to follow a more…
India Point Park
India Point Park is located in Fox Point, a Providence neighborhood, at the junction of the Seekonk River and Providence River. The area that became India Point Park had previously been developed wharves, ships' provisioners, and light industrial…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this waterfront land just north of the bridge in Bristol and…
Bristol: Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. In 1956 the college purchased this waterfront land in Bristol and became a two-year institution named Roger Williams Junior…
Duluth: Lake Superior Shore
Duluth is a port city that is a hub for various regional commodities, including ore and agricultural products. This photograph shows a road on the shore of Lake Superior and looks toward Duluth.
Charlestown: Aerial View of Charlestown & Green Hill Beaches
Aerial view of Rhode Islands southern shore, including Charlestown and Green Hill Beaches. Charlestown is a public beach that offers camping and recreational activities. Green Hills Beach is a private club founded in 1961.
Scarborough with Little Neck Pond (North) & Lake Canonchet (South)
Scarborough beach as seen from the air in 1967. The beach was established as a public park in 1937 and in the late 1980s it under went renovation. Today Scarborough Beach continues to be a major destination for Rhode Island residents.
East Providence: Waste Water Treatment Facility, Pomham Lighthouse
The East Providence Waste Water Treatment Facility was constructed between 1952 and 1954, opening in 1954. The Pomham Lighthouse, located in Narragansett Bay and in the center of this photograph, was operated by the U.S. Coast Guard from the time it…
Apponaug: Aerial Photograph, City Hall, Junction of State Roads
Apponaug is the center, or downtown, of Warwick, the second largest city in Rhode Island. Centered in this photograph is the City Hall, completed as the town hall in 1894, the city spent $75,000 to complete what is one of the most significant 19th…
Duluth: Enger Park View of Superior Bay
View of Superior Bay and Duluth likely taken at Enger Park or Enger Tower. Enger Tower is observation tower in Duluth that is made of blue stone and was dedicated in 1939 by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway.
Superior Bay is a…
Duluth: Minnesota Point, Lake Superior
An overcast view of Minnesota taken from Minnesota Point, looking north. Minnesota Point, at seven miles long, creates Superior Bay which is a hub of commerce for both Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.
Duluth: Rail Yards, Port, and Bridges
Rail yard at Rices Point, on the shore of Lake Superior. The yard was owned by Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NP) at the time of this photograph (1964). The Blatnik Bridge, an automobile bridge, was completed in 1961 and carried auto traffic between…
Wisconsin: Milwaukee Skyline
Photographed from Milkwakee Bay, this photograph shows the Milwaukee skyline as it was in 1962. Conspicuously absent are the sky scrapers that now dominate the skyline, which would be built in the following decades.
Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam, the second largest port in the Netherlands, is located on the banks of the North Sea Canal. Activity in the port dates to the 13th century. This photograph taken from the North Sea Canal shows the Port of Amsterdam in 1969.
Wisconsin: Lake Wingra and Lake Monona, Aerial Photograph, Madison
Lake Wingra and Lake Monona are two of the lakes the Yahara River passes through on it’s way to the Rock River. This aerial photograph shows the lakes and surrounding city of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin: Tenney Park & Yahara River in Madison, Aerial Photograph
The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River that connects all of the lakes around which Madison was built. This photograph shows a section of the stream that passes Tenney Park, a public park named for the local lawyer, Daniel K. Tenney, who…
Wisconsin: Lake Medota
Lake Mendota is one of the two lakes that creates the isthmus which is home to Madison Wisconsin. This photo, from the summer of 1964, shows a Volkswagen Microbus parked by the shore of the lake, which is a popular destination for water sports and…
St. Petersburg Housing Development - Florida
These housing developments, built on various water-ways through what can be an environmentally harmful dredging & filling process, can be found all over the coasts of St. Petersburg. Much of these neighborhoods were developed in the early 1950’s…
Florida: Mirror Lake
Photographed from Mirror Lake Drive, Mirror Lake is one of many lakefront neighborhoods in St. Petersburg. Mirror Lake is located in a section of St. Petersburg known as Round Lake Historic District, designated as such in 2003. In this picture the…
Florida: Tin City in South Naples
Pictured is the entrance to historic Tin City, named for its distinguishable tin roofed buildings. Ever since the 1880s, this area of waterfront has attracted many tourists. In earlier times, access to this area was rather difficult; passengers has…
North Charleston: Industry
This photograph shows industrial zoning in North Charleston. The city was incorporated in 1972 from several different smaller areas. Within a decade it had become the third largest city in the state and the state's major industrial and commercial…
Charleston: White Point Gardens, Fort Sumter Hotel, Battery Carriage House
This photograph of downtown Charleston reflects the city’s prosperity during the nineteenth century. At the center left of the frame is the Battery Carriage House Inn, a large home built by Samuel N. Stevens in 1843. Colonel Lathers commissioned…
Tel Aviv: Beaches, Tourism
The Tel Aviv Beach was developed into a resort after it’s economic potential was realized by Mayor Dizengoff in the 1930s. Originally the development was to follow the Gruenblatt plan, which followed the Geddes plan for the city, but planned to…
Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv Marina
The Tel Aviv Beach was developed into a resort after it’s economic potential was realized by Mayor Dizengoff in the 1930s. Originally the development was to follow the Gruenblatt plan, which followed the Geddes plan for the city, but planned to…
Tel Aviv: Chanky Beach
This section of beach in Tel Aviv, sometimes called Chanky Beach, is part of Tel Aviv’s coastline that draws in large numbers of tourists each year. The proximity to the Mediterranean Ocean brings the city approximately 2.7 million visitors annually.
Tel Aviv: Beach
Renowned as a city that never sleeps, Tel Aviv is a popular tourist attraction largely due to it's beaches. Considered to be some of the best beaches in the world, they play a major role in the city’s tourism industry and economy.
Canon Beach: Wind Swept Trees
Stormy conditions and harsh winds in the coastal town of Canon Beach have sculpted the tree’s around the houses. This photograph shows the peculiar growth of the trees around a house.
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Canon Beach: Coastal Orgeon
Originally named Ecola for the river that empties, the name of this small Oregon town was changed to Canon Beach in 1922. As of the 2000 census there we 1,588 people living in Canon Beach. It is tourist attraction and popular weekend getaway for…
Canon Beach: Seaside
Originally named Ecola for the river that empties, the name of this small Oregon town was changed to Canon Beach in 1922. As of the 2000 census there we 1,588 people living in Canon Beach. It is tourist attraction and popular weekend getaway for…
Miami: Aerial, Residential, Interstate 95
This aerial photograph looks north across Miami. Miami is one of the largest cities in the United States. Running across the photograph is Interstate 95. At frame left just north of the highway is the William's Island Country Club. Also seen is…
Baltimore: Inner Harbor, USS Constellation, Aerial
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor photographed in the 1980s. This aerial view shows the Light St. and Pratt St. Pavilions as well as the USS Constellation. The pavilions, developed by James W. Rouse, were part of Baltimore’s revitalization project which…
Boston: Skyline from John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Located on Columbia Point, this is the view of Boston from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Before being redeveloped the site had been a garbage dump. In this view of the Boston skyline are notable skyscrapers (left to right) The Prudential…