Dallin Aerial Survey Company collections

About this collection

    This digital collection includes more than 7,800 images from Hagley Library's Dallin Aerial Survey Company photographs (Accession 1970.200) collection. The company specialized in aerial images of factories, private estates, schools, country clubs, towns, airports, rivers, and many other sites and some news events of the day. The majority of the photographs concentrate on the Mid-Atlantic region covering a period from 1924 to 1939 although Dallin did make trips to other locales within the United States. This digital collection also includes material from the Colonel J. Victor Dallin films (Accession 2018.226) collection.
    To learn more about the Dallin Company and the collection, visit our online exhibit A Bird's Eye View of the Delaware Valley: The Photography of the Dallin Aerial Survey Company
    Image: 1930 World Series Opening Game at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. Click to view.

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Wyndville, estate of Howard S. Delaney, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
View is just southwest to northeast. Located on Rock Creek Rd. in Lower Merion Township, Pa. (Gladwyne, Pa.).
Pennstone residential area (Lower Merion Township, Pa.)
View is southeast to northwest. The two primary named modern roads are Pennstone Rd. and Woodleave Rd.
Barr Tract residential area (Lower Merion Township, Pa.)
View is south to north. The modern road name boundaries visible are Mt. Pleasant Rd., Barberry Rd., Green Valley Rd. and Conshohocken State Rd., left, top, bottom and right, respectively.
Belmont Hills, Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Manayunk is visible across the Schuylkill River.
Belmont Hills, Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Manayunk is partially visible across the Schuylkill River.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary visible in bottom left corner. West Laurel Hill Cemetery visible bottom right corner.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Narberth, Pa. partially visible in bottom left corner.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Narberth, Pa. partially visible in bottom left corner.
Gladwyne in Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Ardmore, Pa. partially visible on right edge of image.
Gladwyne in Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Ardmore, Pa. partially visible on right edge of image.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Top of image is south. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary visible in top right corner.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary visible on the middle right edge of image. Portion of Philadelphia south of City Avenue visible at top.
Lower Merion Township and Philadelphia (Pa.)
Diagonal street cutting through middle of image is City Avenue. St. Charles Borromeo Seminary visible toward lower right corner.
Lower Merion Township (Pa.)
Merion Mercy Academy is visible at bottom right corner.
Belmont Hills, Lower Merion Township (Pa.), looking south
West Laurel Hill Cemetery visible at upper left corner of image.

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