Air Photos

There is overlap between these sections. Many photos are listed in more than one section. I have added a few annotations to better identify the photos. If you can provide annotations for any photos please send them to me at dan@pfeiffer.net. Thanks, DHP.

Clicking on a photo ID link will open the photo in a new browser window. Clicking on another photo ID link will will open that photo in the browser window of the previous photo. This way you can set the browser windows (index and photo) side-by-side for easier viewing.

The photos are GIF files about 900x900 pixels and about 500-800 kb in size. Scales vary as noted in the table. Resolution is 100 dpi from a 9x9" film. Photos with a scale of 40,000 cover an area about 5.5 miles square at about 150 pixels/mile. North is not always at the top of the photo. Most Photos are oriented so north is at top (roughly), some are not. I think the "Azimuth" column represents the bearing of the sun from the aircraft when the photo was taken (important to air photo interpreters). The coordinates given for the photo appear to be for the center but I have found some where the coordinates are not even a point within the photo.

See this page on the NOS web site for a description of the coastal air photos: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/mapfinder/products/photos/welcome.html


Cleveland Area
5WN21851 L. Erie - W. of Rocky River
5WN21853 L. Erie - Rocky River
5WN21855 L. Erie - W. of Rocky River
5WN21833 L. Erie - Edgewater Park, Cleveland
5WN21835 L. Erie - Edgewater Park to inner basin, Cleveland
5WN21847 Cuyahoga River south of Cleveland
5WN21849 Cuyahoga River south of Cleveland
5WN21837 L. Erie - Burke Airport, Cleveland
5WN21839 L. Erie - Burke Airport to east entrance Cleveland
5WN21841 L. Erie - Cleveland east entrance to Bratenahl
5WN21842 L. Erie - Bratenahl to Wildwood Park
5WN21843 L. Erie - Bratenahl to Wildwood Park
5WN21845 L. Erie - Wildwood Park to Euclid

L. Erie, Sandusky Area
5wn21731 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, NW of Johnson I.
5wn21711 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, Entrance to bay
5wn21729 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, Johnson I. to east edge of Cedar Point (top is bearing 320 deg)
5wn21713 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, Ceder Point(top is bearing 340 deg)
5wn21727 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, Aproaches to Sandusky water front and east bay
5wn21803 L. Erie - Sandusky Bay, Entire Sandusky water front
5wn21809 L. Erie - Huron, OH

L. Erie Islands
5wn21671 L. Erie -
5wn21673 L. Erie - S. Bass I. (south end)
5wn21675 L. Erie - S. Bass I. (Put In Bay)
5wn21677 L. Erie - S. Bass I. (Put In Bay & north end)
5wn21679 L. Erie - Passage between M. & S. Bass I.
5wn21681 L. Erie - Middle Bass I. (whole island)
5wn21683 L. Erie - East end of passage between Middle Bass I. and N. Bass I.
5wn21685 L. Erie - Further N. East then above
5wn21687 L. Erie - Further N. East then above
5wn21691 L. Erie - N. end of N. Bass I.
5wn21693 L. Erie - N. Bass I. - whole island
5wn21695 L. Erie - Passage between Middle Bass I. and N. Bass I., north at bottom right of photo
5wn21697 L. Erie - West end of Middle Bass I. to Rattlesnake I.
5wn21699 L. Erie - Western aproaches to Put-In-Bay including Rattlesnake I.
5wn21701 L. Erie - South western aproaches to South Bass I. including Green Island
5wn21703 L. Erie - Aproaches to south tip of South Bass I. including Green Island
5wn21705 L. Erie - Aproaches to south tip of South Bass I.

L. St. Clair, Detroit River, Michigan shore of L. Erie
5WM11805 L. St Clair - Grosse Point to St Clair Shores
5WM11817 L. St Clair - Grosse Point
5WM11807 Top of Detroit River at L. St Clair
5WM11809 Detroit River - Belle Isle
5WM11815 Detroit River - Belle Isle
5WLZ1659 Detroit River - Downtown Detroit
5WM11813 Detroit River - Ambassador Bridge to downtown Detroit
5WN21771 Detroit River - Ambassador Bridge
5WLZ1657 Detroit River - River Rouge to Ambassador Bridge
5WM11811 Detroit River - River Rouge
5WLZ1655 Detroit River - Fighting Island to River Rouge
5WM11901 Detroit River - North end of Fighting Island
5WN21767 Detroit River - North end of Fighting Island
5WLZ1653 Detroit River - North end of of Gross Ile to Fighting Island
5WLZ1651 Detroit River - North end and most of of Gross Ile
5WLZ1631 Mouth of Detroit River - South end of Gross Ile & Gibraltar, MI
5WLZ1649 Mouth of Detroit River - South end of Gross Ile & Gibraltar, MI
5WLZ1633 Michigan Shore South of Gibraltar, MI
5WLZ1647 Michigan Shore - Huron River, MI
5WLZ1635 Michigan Shore - Swan Creek
5WLZ1637 Michigan Shore - Brest Bay
5WLZ1639 Michigan Shore - Monroe, MI