March 2015

More Browsable Places

Posted on 03/17/2015 by Lance Roper in New Content Releases

We’re excited to announce another 92,000 images available for browsing on the West Coast!

The vast majority of these photographs are being released without approximate locations because the original flight path maps have been missing for decades. This means that in order to geolocate these images so that we can allow visitors to search by address or keyword, we need the help of people in these areas to help us identify photographs!

Here’s a look at what happens when photos are geolocated. Even in areas missing map data, we can recreate flight path maps when visitors pin locations. Once enough photos have been identified, we can enable visitors to search these areas by address and keyword!

Geolocated images in an area missing original map data, colors represent rolls of film.

Our hope is to crowdsource the identification of these photos, which means we need help spreading the word that they exist. If you, or anyone you know has a connection to any of these rural areas, let them know they can begin browsing through our collection from the 1960s.

Browsable Places

Posted on 03/13/2015 by Lance Roper in New Content Releases

At Vintage Aerial, we’ve been working hard to turn our vision into reality, which we feel is encapsulated in our mission statement:

“Gathering the stories of rural America by presenting aerial photos in a way that evokes personal, family, and community memories that capture and share our common history.”

As a result, we’re on track to make nearly 2 million photographs available for searching and browsing by the end of this June! Our hope is that anyone with a connection to rural America will use our collection to reconnect with their past by viewing our photos and sharing memories with us.

The list below contains the states and counties we’ve made available as of today. Enjoy!