Aerial View of Los Angeles Harbor and Part of the Pacific Fleet, circa 1922

Summary

Military aerial reconnaissance during World War I accelerated the evolution of domestic aerial photography after the war. The sprawling city of Los Angeles became an important center for commercial aerial photography. Survey companies like Cross Aerial Photos, which captured this view, created images that remain important documents of the rapid urbanization of Southern California in the 1920s.

Military aerial reconnaissance during World War I accelerated the evolution of domestic aerial photography after the war. The sprawling city of Los Angeles became an important center for commercial aerial photography. Survey companies like Cross Aerial Photos, which captured this view, created images that remain important documents of the rapid urbanization of Southern California in the 1920s.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1922

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.98.108

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford R. Bryan.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.063 in

Width: 9.938 in

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