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Contents

Arizona

 
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes
Coconino County 1934 1:7,200 G4332 .M4A43 1934 .F3 (Meteor Crater) 
Pima County 194-? 1:126,720 G9990 .J3 4343 P4 1940 Map-Cases (Pinecate Region photomosaic) 
Yuma County 194-? 1:126,720 G9990 .J3 4343 P4 1940 Map-Cases (Pinecate Region photomosaic) 
1956 1:319,980 G9990 .J3 4343 1956 Map-Cases (photomosaic indexes) 


California
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes
Alameda County 1931 1:9,600 San Francisco Bay Bridge Approaches
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS)
1974 1:40,000 G4362 .S22A4 1974 .A5 Map-Cases (color, portion only) 
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
1994 N/A G4364 .O2A3 1994 .D54 Media (Oakland, color, CD-ROM) 
Butte County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Colusa County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Contra Costa County 192-? 1:15,840 G4363 .C6A43 1920 .R8 Map-File (Carquinez Strait & Pittsburg areas) Carquinez Strait
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS)
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
El Dorado County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Fresno County 1940 1:20,000 G4362 .S56A43 1940 .U5 Map-File (Sierra Natl. Forest area) 
1944 1:20,000 G4362 .S56A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Stanislaus Natl. Forest, part only) 
Glenn County 1958 1:63,360 G4363 .G5A43 1958 .C3 (photomosaic indexes)
1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Inyo County 1955 1:100,000 G4362 .O94A43 1955 .U5 (Owens Valley stereogram) 
Kern County 1950 1:12,000 G4363 .K4A4 1950 .A4 Map-Cases (South Dome area)
1998 N/A G4362 .S16A43 1998 .V3 Media (2 color slides of San Andreas Fault, oblique) 
Lassen County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Los Angeles County 1940 1:57,000 G9990 .J3 4363 1940 Map-Cases (index sheet 1 only) 
1952 1:117,000 G9990 .J3 4364 N46 1952 Map-Cases (Newhall Oil Field photomosaic) 
1954 1:126,720 G9990 .J3 4364 L8 1954 Map-Cases (photo map) 
1954 N/A G9990 .J3 4364 L8 1954a Map-Cases (oblique)
1998 N/A G4362 .S16A43 1998 .V3 Media (2 color slides of San Andreas Fault, oblique)
199-? N/A City Scenes Online (part of county)
Madera County 1944 1:20,000 G4362 .S8A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Stanislaus Natl. Forest, part only)Yosemite Valley online
Marin County 1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS)
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads 
Mariposa County 1944 1:20,000 G4362 .S8A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Stanislaus Natl. Forest, part only)Yosemite Valley online
Modoc County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Mono County 1944 1:41,000 G4363 .M7A43 1944 .U5 (Walker Lake stereogram) 
1955 1:100,000 G4362 .O94A43 1955 .U5 (Owens Valley stereogram) 
Monterey County 196-? N/A G4363 .M8A43 1960 .S8 (Sur-Nacimiento-Las Tablas faults oblique photos) 
Napa County 1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic) 
Nevada County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Orange County 1954 1:126,720 G9990 .J3 4364 L8 1954 (northern part, photomap) 
Plumas County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Sacramento County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
San Bernardino County 1954 1:126,720 G9990 J3 4364 L8 1954 Map-Cases (SW part, photomap) 
1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
San Diego County 1943? N/A G9990 .J3 4363 .S24 1943a Map-Cases (Oblique photo of Mesa Grande area?) 
San Francisco 1931 1:9,600 San Francisco Bay Bridge Approaches
1941 1:24,000 G4363 .S28A43 1941 .F3 Map-File (S. half only) 
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS)
1970 1:3,456 G4364.S5A4 1970 .W4 Map-Cases (Downtown photomap) 
1977 1:3,456 G4364.S5A4 1977 .W4 Map-Cases (Downtown photomap) 
1982 1:3,650 G4364 .S5A75 1982 Map-Cases (Downtown photomap) 
1994 N/A G1529 .S5A3D5 1994 Media (color, CD-ROM) 
1995 1:12,700 G4364 .S5A43 1995 .A3 Map-Cases (color photomap) 
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
199-? N/A City Scenes Online
San Luis Obispo County 196-? N/A G4363 .M8A43 1960 .S8 (Sur-Nacimiento-Las Tablas faults oblique photos) 
San Mateo County 1941 1:24,000 G4363 .S28A43 1941 .F3 Map-File(some lacking) 
1943-1944 1:12,000 G4363 .S28A4 1943 .A4 Map-Cases (Scattered holdings)
1943-1944 1:20,000 G4363 .S28A4 1943 .A43 Map-Cases (some lacking)San Mateo County online
1951 1:6,000 G4364 .P2:2S7A43 1951 .F3 Locked Stack (Stanford University lands) 
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic)
1960 1:6,000 G4364 .P2:2S7 1960 .B8 Map-Cases (photomap of Stanford Linear Accelerator area)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS)
1970 1:4,800 G4363 .S28A43 1970 .C6 Map-Cases (ortho photo maps) 
1974 1:40,000 G4362 .S22A4 1974 .A5 Map-Cases (color E. portion only) 
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
199-? N/A City Scenes Online (N. portion only)
1996 1:24,000 G4362 .S22A43 1996 .W3 Map File
1996 1:12,000 G4363 .S28 1996 .G46 PERM-RES & READY-REF (Digital orthophoto quadrangle data / USGS, CD-ROM)
1996 N/A G4363 .S28A4 1997 .C2 Map-File (Devil's Slide)
1997 1:2,400 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 1996 Aerial Photograph  (Clicking on: Overview, Jasper Ridge Biol. Preserve, Our GIS)
Santa Clara County 1939 1:4,800 G4363 .S5A5 1939 .U5 Map-Cases (Castle Rock Ridge area) 
1939 1:7,920 G4363 .S4A43 1939 .U5 Map-Cases (Bear Creek nr. Saratoga) 
1941 1:24,000 G4363 .S28A43 1941 .F3 Map-File (N. portion only)
1951 1:6,000 G4364 .P2:2S7A43 1951 .F3 Locked Stack (Stanford University lands) 
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic N. portion only)
1964 1:12,000 G4363 .S4J3 1964 .S4 Map-Cases (soil photomap)
1968 1:30,000 Air Photo GS-VBZJ (USGS) (N. portion only) 
1974 1:40,000 G4362 .S22A4 1974 .A5 Map-Cases (color N. portion only) 
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
1997 1:24,000 G4362 .S22A43 1997 .W3 Map File
1999 1:24,000 G4362 .S22A43 1999 .W3 Map File (Natural color) 
Santa Cruz County 1939 1:4,800 G4363 .S5A5 1939 .U5 Map-Cases (Castle Rock Ridge area) 
1941 1:24,000 G4363 .S28A43 1941 .F3 Map-File (N. portion only) 
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic N. portion only)
199-? N/A BADGER Orthophotoquads
Shasta County 1944 1:24,000 G4361 .A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Klamath, Shasta & Trinity national forests, incomplete)
1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Sierra County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Siskiyou County 1944 1:24,000 G4361 .A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Klamath, Shasta & Trinity national forests, incomplete)
1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Solano County 192-? 1:15,840 G4363 .C6A43 1920 .R8 Map-File (Carquinez Strait & Pittsburg areas) 
1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic) 
Sonoma County 1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic S. portion only) 
Sutter County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
Tehama County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color)
Trinity County 1944 1:24,000 G4361 .A43 1944 .U5 Map-File (Klamath, Shasta & Trinity national forests, incomplete) 
Tulare County 1940 1:20,000 G4362 .S56A43 1950 .U5 Map-File (Sierra Natl. Forest area) 
Yolo County 1956 1:470,000 G4362 .S22A4 1956 .L6 Map-Cases (mosaic) 
Yuba County 1979 1:130,000 G4361 .A43 1979 .A5 Map-File (color) 
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Massachusetts

 
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes 
Middlesex County 1937-1974 Scales vary G9990 .J3 3764 .W62 Map-Cases (Westford area quarry) 


Nevada

 
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes
White Pine County 1954 1:107,000 G4353 .W5A43 1954 .U5 Map-File (Spring Valley stereogram)

Mexico

 
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes 
Sonora 194-? 1:126,720 G9990 .J3 4343 1940 Map-Cases (Pinecate Region photomosaic) 
1956 1:319,980 G9990 .J3 4343 1956 Map-Cases (photomosaic indexes) 


Photogeology Collection

 
County Date Scale Call Number & Notes
Various ca. 1930-ca. 1950 Varies G3201 .C5 SVAR .S7 Map-File (Part 1. Photos & air photos, horizontal, oblique, vertical showing various geologic features)

 

OTHER ONLINE AIR PHOTOS


 

OTHER SOURCES

In addition to photos listed here, other remote-sensing images can be found in SearchWorks under subjects such as:
  • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
  • PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SPACE
  • REMOTE-SENSING IMAGES
  • REMOTE-SENSING MAPS

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    Also search these headings (as well as PHOTO MAPS) in Melvyl the UC campuses' online Catalog, and in Infomine.

    Online catalogs of air photos are available from:

    This checklist includes:

    1. All cataloged aerial photographs in the Branner Map Collection
    2. Online aerial photographs covering San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
    3. Selected coverage for other areas and for photomaps

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    Maintained by: Julie Sweetkind-Singer

    Last modified: June 22, 2005

       
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