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West Virginia Aerial Photography Maps

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2093

Overview

Low altitude aerial photographs, overlapping in stereoscopal pairs on a scale of 1/20,000, which are used to check features on topographic maps, like geographic formations and man-made developments. There are surveys of all West Virginia counties, including portions of the state photographed in surveys of Virginia and Pennsylvania border counties.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937-1959

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Extent

99.71 Linear Feet (99 ft. 8.5 in. (238 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 folder, 0.5 in.))

Language

English

Physical Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Existence and Location of Copies

The West Virginia GIS Technical Center has several indexes and appendixes including the photographs from this collection. Please see this website for more information.

Title
West Virginia Aerial Photography Maps
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536