[MassHistPres] Aerial photos - how useful for historical documentation and preservation?

[Nick Avery]

I use the USGS's EarthExplorer site every day as part of my job to find
estimated dates of construction for buildings damaged or destroyed during
past hurricanes (in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Louisiana).  Most of
their aerials go back to the early 1960s or late 1950s. As Jennifer
mentioned, HistoricAerials is also a good resource for aerials (I use that
site too), but have found their topo maps to be inaccurate more often than
not.  But aerial photos don't lie!

Nick Avery
Tetra Tech, Inc.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 7:53 AM Lyle Nyberg <lylenyberg at comcast.net> wrote:

> My historical work has found aerial photos useful but overlooked, often
> buried in town archives. Has anyone else found them useful?
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> Lyle Nyberg
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> Volunteer at Scituate Historical Commission
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> Scituate, MA
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*Nicolas Avery*
Architectural & Landscape Historian
Cultural Resources Management Services
2326 East Main Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871
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