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Cornell University and Tompkins County aerial photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 47-1-4161

Scope and content

Aerial photographs of campus and Tompkins Country from various individuals. Four photographs were taken for Henry S. Kramer from a small airplane base at the Tompkins County airport by Tom Bartelt, a fellow student. Kramer and Bartelt both worked at WVBR -FM. The Bartelt aerial photographs depict Barton Hall and the ILR buildings, Willard Straight Hall, the West Campus dorms, and an overview of the entire campus. Also a very large set of prints and negatives showing campus from 1992 printed by Kucera International that depcit the Cornell campus and surrounding areas of Tompkins County, mostly North into Lansing, including the Tompkins County Regional Airport, also an index showing how to lay out the prints. Large ca. 1953 photograph mounted to foam board. 1928 John P. Troy photo from Ithaca Air Corporation. Image looking South showing Balch Hall and Risley Hall and the Ag Quad.

Dates

  • 1928
  • 1959-1960
  • 1992.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

2 folders. (2 folders.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)