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Aerial photographs -- Rhode Island

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Boyle Photograph Album of Aerial Photographs of Hurricane of 1938

 Item — Volume Album: [Barcode: 31116021975955]
Identifier: 146-03
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 55 photographs and four negatives of aerial photography taken in the aftermath of the hurricane and tidal wave that struck Rhode Island on September 21, 1938. The photographs were taken by Thomas Matthew Joseph Boyle and the aeroplane was operated by Melvin Tilden Holbrook, Jr. Compiled into a scrapbook, the photographs show both coastal and landlocked wreckage caused to beaches, industrial zones, and residential areas in Providence, East Providence, Barrington,...
Dates: 1938

Avery Lord aerial photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 040-03
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 53 black and white aerial photographs of Rhode Island, primarily focusing on Providence. All photographs are mounted unless noted at item level.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Burton Shellenbach photograph collection

 Collection — Box Multi-Collection Box : [Barcode: 31116021979106]
Identifier: 082-03
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 10 photographic prints and negatives of aerial views of the runways and buildings of the Hillsgrove State Airport (now the T.F. Green State Airport), circa 1938.

Dates: 1938