New Content Releases

190K Photos added in Mississippi!

Posted on 02/01/2024 by Kevin Marsh in New Content Releases

We are excited to announce the availability of an additional 190,662 photos in Mississippi from our Champion collection have been scanned and are now being made available online for the first time. This adds to our existing collection of 61,718 photos for a grand total of 252,380 in The Magnolia State.

This addition adds 49 new counties to our collection in Mississippi which now covers 78 of 82 counties!


Benton County 1988
Hancock County 1986


We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

For more details and to view all the photos in this release, click here.

225K Photos added in Oklahoma

Posted on 09/01/2023 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

We are excited to announce an additional 225,497 new photos in Oklahoma from our Champion collection have been scanned and are now being made available online for the first time. This adds to our existing collection of over 91K photos for a grand total of 317,227 in the Sooner State.

More importantly, this addition allows us to open an additional 25 counties that were previously not covered:


Jackson County Pre 1986
Jackson County Pre 1986


We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

For more details and to view all the photos in this release, click here.

250K photos added in Alabama

Posted on 05/17/2023 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

We are excited to be releasing over 250 thousand new photos from Alabama. This brings the total number of photos for this state to 574,400. Over the past 60 years, Alabama has undergone tremendous change, from the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s to the economic and social challenges rural communities face today. Yet despite all these changes, one thing has remained constant: the resilience and perseverance of the people who call Alabama home.

“Calvert Methodist Church. At the time of this photo, it was called United Methodist Church.”
"Hollis Crossroads"

We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

295K photos added in New York and New Jersey

Posted on 04/07/2023 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

We are thrilled to announce the addition of over 295 thousand photographs from New York and New Jersey to our collection. The region has experienced significant urban expansion, resulting in considerable changes to its landscape. We invite you to explore these images and immerse yourself in their rich history. The specifics of the newly-accessible photographs are outlined below.

New York

We have added 237,458 photos bringing the total to over 668 thousand. Previously we had no photos from Putnam County but this release adds 1,111 photos for this area. You can view all the new photos in New York sorted by county and year here.

“This is my family's farm, was known as the best looking farm in town for a long time, place was steadily growing until the cows were sold in 07 and since been in decline. I hope to restore it one day”

New Jersey

We have added 58,459 photos bringing the total to over 157 thousand. Previously we had no photos from Passaic County but this release adds 235 photos for this area. You can view all the new photos in New Jersey sorted by county and year here.

"Haines Dairy Farms"

We are glad to share these new photos with you. Please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal, and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

277K Photos Added in Pennsylvania

Posted on 11/07/2022 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

We’re excited to announce we have added 277,410 additional photos to our collection of historic aerial photos in Pennsylvania. This adds to our existing collection to bring our total to almost 1.6 Million photos in the Keystone State.

We are glad to share these new photos with you, please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll.

378K Photos Added in The Virginias

Posted on 06/01/2022 by Alexis Petrie in New Content Releases

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We’re excited to announce we have added nearly 400 thousand new photos to our Virginia and West Virginia collection!

The Commonwealth of Virginia was first established in 1607 by The London Company creation of Jamestown. Virginia joined the United States on June 25,1788, as the tenth state. Its motto is “Sic Semper Tyrannis” or “Thus Always to Tyrants”. The state is geologically known for the Big Ridge Mountains, and Coastal Plains. Virginia is known as “The birthplace of a nation”. Today 333,141 photos have been added to our collection in Virginia This brings our total collection in Virginia over 1 million!

West Virginia was added to the United States on June 20, 1863, making it the 35th state to be added. The state’s motto is “Montani Semper Liberi” or “Mountaineers are Always Free”. There are four different geological areas of West Virginia, the Ohio River Valley, Allegheny Plateau, Allegheny Highlands and Potomac Section. West Virginia is known as “The Mountain State”, making it great for a number of outdoor activities. Today 45,198 photos have also been added to our collection in West Virginia! This brings our total collection in West Virginia over 430K!

We are glad to share these new photos with you, please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll. In total we have added 378,339 photos to our collection.

Virginia Agricultural Data

  • Number of counties: 95
  • Population: 8,509,000
  • Farms: 43,000
  • Average Farm Size: 184 acres
  • Total Farm Land: 7.8 million acres
  • Agriculture Receipts: $70 billion


West Virginia Agricultural Data

  • Number of counties: 55
  • Population: 1,807,000
  • Farms: 23,00 (95% Family Owned)
  • Average Farm Size: 157 acres


We invite you to come and take a look at these homes and farms in our collection of over a million aerial photos of this great region. Home is the place where you became you. Find your way back!

416K Photos Added in Tennessee

Posted on 02/25/2022 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

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We’re excited to announce that over 416,000 photos have been added to our collection in Tennessee! This brings our total collection in Tennessee to over 740K and adds coverage in 12 additional counties.

This is the third batch of photos we’ve made available from our Champion Air Views collection after opening Texas last September.

We are glad to share these new photos with you, please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll. If you would like to see a breakdown of all the new film you can do that here.


530K Additional Photos Added in Texas

Posted on 09/17/2021 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

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We’re excited to announce that over 530,000 photos have been added to our collection in Texas! This adds to our collection of over 700K images in Texas we released in April 2020 bringing our grand total to over 1.2 Million historic aerial photos of the Lone Star state!

This is the second batch of photos we’ve made available from our newly acquired Champion Air Views collection after opening Ohio last April.

We are glad to share these new photos with you, please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll. If you would like to see a breakdown of all the new film you can do that here.


New Collection: Champion Air Views in Ohio

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

Today we are very excited to be adding 116,000 aerial photographs to our online Ohio collection. The photos are from the Champion Air Views library, which we’re happy to have acquired as part of our commitment to find, preserve, and share lost collections of aerial photographs of rural America. This release reflects only 3% of the entire Champion collection and represents our first step in making the entire collection available for search in the coming months.

The History

In 1957 a young man named Lee Champion landed a sales job for an aerial photography company as a door-to-door salesman. Five years later Lee had learned a lot about this business and decided he wanted to start his own company. He and his boss worked out a deal, splitting the country between them. According to legend, during this meeting they drew a line diagonally across a US map separating the South from the upper Midwest, mostly protecting each other’s sales territory. Lee soon opened the doors for his new company Champion Air Views. During the company’s lifetime around 4.4 million photos across 32 states were taken and film preserved. Upon his retirement he sold the collection which changed hands a few times before Vintage Aerial finally acquired it to preserve and share this beautiful film.

The Collection

The style and quality of photos in this collection fits in well with our other photos: shot at low altitudes with an oblique angle in 35mm black and white film to capture extraordinary detail of land and life years ago. Unfortunately the flight mapping and record keeping was not as meticulous and as a result there is some film with no locations and a lot with fuzzy dates. We are confident our community will be able to use landmarks and features like cars to help us determine more precise dates and locations.

Here are a few examples of some shots in this release:



Family home near Columbus Grove, OH in 1995.


Carter Lumber near Albany, OH in 1986.


Saint Angela Merici Church in Fayetteville in 1986.


Photo of the Champion Air Views collection in our archive.


We are excited to be sharing these new photos with you, please join us in bringing them to life. You can search by address or map location as normal and any new film in the area will appear with NEWLY ADDED on the roll. If you would like to see a breakdown of all the new film you can do that here.


Texas: The Lone Star State

Posted on 04/28/2020 by Nathan Lewis in New Content Releases

“Friendship” is the official state motto

Today, we are excited to announce that over 750,000 photos are now available to search and view online. As the saying goes, everything’s bigger in Texas, and the agriculture industry is no exception. for example The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. The Lone Star State leads the nation in total number of farms and, with more than 245,000 farms averaging around 530 acres in size. These farms take up a staggering 130 million acres of land. Texas farmers are very family focused, with nearly 99 percent of Texas farms and ranches being family owned. Texas agriculture’s total economic impact reaches $115 billion annually, and one out of every seven Texans works in agriculture. The top commodities include cattle and calves, cotton and dairy products. Our collection of aerial photos focuses on these rural farming properties and we hope you find something meaningful within them. Here are a few of our visitors who did.



“I was born in this house 83 years ago. The buildings are gone, but I still own the farm.”


“The First Baptist Church in Miami, Texas. My grandmother was the nursery teacher there for years, my aunt was married in this church and at 99 years my grandmother’s funeral was held in this church.”


“Wet n Wild water park Garland Texas, when six flags bought out the company they closed this location almost immediately. It was promptly torn down and CarMax was built where it once was.”


Texas Agricultural Data

  • Number of counties: 254 (Vintage Aerial has photos in 239)
  • Population: 26,448,193
  • Farms: 247,500 (99% Family Owned)
  • Female Farmers: 120,000
  • Average Farm Size: 527 acres
  • Total Farm Land: 130 million acres
  • Agriculture Receipts: $115 billion


We invite you to come and take a look at these homes and farms in our collection of over 750,000 aerial photos of this great region. Home is the place where you became you. Find your way back!