Aerial views of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania show a distant view of the city and surrounding farmlands as well as a closer view of residential development in the vicinity of Lansdowne Avenue and Garrett Road., Negative numbers: 5588, 6739.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1925-1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5588; P.8990.6739]
Aerial views of Audubon, New Jersey show the building and construction of new housing developments along with views of adjacent completed residential areas and undeveloped farmlands., Negative numbers: 6128, 6129, 6131, 6132, 6133, 6134, 6136.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6128; P.8990.6129; P.8990.6131-6134; P.8990.6136]
Aerial views of Norristown, Pennsylvania show areas outside the city center, including areas thick with housing developments alongside sparsely populated farmlands. Schools, farmhouses, streets and portions of the Schuylkill River and Stony Creek are also visible. Manuscript notes on some negative sleeves indicate the areas shown may be adjacent to the Norristown State Hospital, but the hospital is not visible in any of the images., Negative numbers: 6816, 6817, 6818, 6820, 6822, 6823, 6824, 6826, 6827, 6828, 6829, 6833aa., 6828 not digitized; zoom-in view of 6827.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6816-6818; P.8990.6820; P.8990.6822-6824; P.8990.6826-6829; P.8990.6833aa]
Aerial views of the housing development in the unincorporated area of Hollywood in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Conceived by developer Gustav Weber after a trip to the West Coast, the community consists of mission-style homes and Mediterranean landscaping, much of which had to be modified because it could not withstand the Northern climate. The project began in 1928 but was abandoned by Weber when he went into bankruptcy during the Great Depression. It was eventually completed in the 1940's by Montgomery County developer Sidney Robin. Surrounding residential areas and farmlands are also visible., Negative numbers: 5244, 5264, 5793.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5244; P.8990.5264; P.8990.5793]
Aerial views of the American Can Company factory in Bridgeton, New Jersey. The Sanitary Can Company opened the facility in 1906. American Can purchased the factory in 1908. The plant remained in operation until 1931 when the equipment became outmoded. View shows the factory and watertower labeled "American Can Company" with adjacent residential areas and farmlands., Negative numbers: 1378., Manuscript note on negative sleeve: Bridgeton, N.J., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1378]
Aerial views of the Armstrong Cork Company (later Armstrong World Industries) plant on the outskirts of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The company produced its first linoleum products at this plant beginning in 1908. Views include high-altitude vertical views showing the factory and environs as well as close-up views of the facility from a lower altitude. Surrounding farmlands are visible in the distance. Probably taken 1922 [1806, 1891] and 1925 [4785-4792]., Negative numbers: 1806, 1891, 4785, 4785a, 4786, 4786a, 4787, 4787a, 4788, 4789, 4790, 4792., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1922-1925
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1806; P.8990.1891; P.8990.4785; P.8990.4785a; P.8990.4786; P.8990.4786a; P.8990.4787; P.8990.4787a; P.8990.4788; P.8990.4789; P.8990.4791; P.8990.4792]
Aerial view of Art Colony along the Delaware River, immediately north of the Rte. 202 bridge, north of New Hope, Pennsylvania. View shows a number of buildings surrounded by croplands. The towpath is also visible., Negative number: 5532., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5532]
Aerial views of the Buckman Farm at Highland Avenue and Hulmeville Road in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, near Langhorne. Distant view (5828) shows the farm amid surrounding croplands, farms and houses. Closer view (5829) shows a large white barn, possibly with livestock in the yard. Probably taken May 1926., Negative numbers: 5828; 5829., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5828; P.8990.5829]
Aerial views of the Carpenter Steel Company plant on the banks of the Schuylkill River in Reading, Pennsylvania. Surrounding croplands and Berkshire Country Club golf course are visible in the distance. View is south to north. Probably taken September 12-16, 1922., Negative numbers: 2775., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2775]
Aerial view of a farm at Aquetong Road & Covered Bridge Road in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Surrounding croplands and Delware River are visible., Negative number: 4283., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1924
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.4283]
Aerial views of housing and real estate development located around the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues in Philadelphia. View faces north from a vantage point just south of the intersection. Adjacent farmlands are visible., Negative numbers: 18262n.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1937
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.18262n]
Aerial views of the Marshall Farm in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Farm located on what is now Sharpless Road in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania. Revelation and Meadowbrook Roads and Washington Lane are visible. Bryn Athyn Cathedral can be seen in the distance in 1322., Negative numbers: 1318; 1322; 1329., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1318; P.8990.1322; P.8990.1329]
Aerial view of the Morrisville Yard, a rail yard originally used by the Pennsylvania Railroad for freight trains. The yard is now used by New Jersey Transit rail operations. Images show views of the yard surrounded by farms and croplands. View (1226) from the southwest from west of the Five Points/Fallsington area. View (1227) shows a major curve in tracks as they turn northeast with Morrisville and possibly Trenton in the background., Negative numbers: 1226, 1227., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1921
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1226; P.8990.1227]
Aerial views of the Norristown State Hospital campus and surrounding farmlands. Opened in 1880 as Pennsylvania's first state inpatient psychiatric facility. Buildings were constructed in the "cottage" model, with separate structures above ground that were interconnected by a series of tunnels underground. This model allowed patients to be separated and treated according to their level of functionality., Negative numbers: 1772, 1678, 1805.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1772; P.8990.1678; P.8990.1805]
Aerial views of a real estate development project in its beginning stages in the vicinity of Absecon, New Jersey. View includes homes adjacent to the new development as well as nearby undeveloped farmlands. Atlantic City and Absecon Bay are visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6215, 6216, 6217, 6219., Manuscript note on negative sleeves: Real estate development nr. Atlantic City, NJ.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6215; P.8990.6216; P.8990.6217; P.8990.6219]
Aerial views of land in the early stages of development in Hughes Park, Pennsylvania. Views depict the area bounded by Church Road to the north, Crooked Lane to the east and south and railroad tracks to the west. The area is south of what is now the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A housing development in its early stages has only roads delineated. Adjacent farmlands and communities to the northeast of Hughes Park are also visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 5086b, 5087, 5088.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5086b; P.8990.5087; P.8990.5088]
Aerial views of real estate development in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Views show housing developments as well as adjacent farmlands., Negative numbers: 5801, 6525.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
ca. 1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.5801; P.8990.6525]
Aerial views of several houses adjacent to Colonial Lake in Lawrenceville, Lawrence Township, New Jersey. Houses are spaced relatively far apart and are surrounded by farmlands. View shows the lake from the southwest and includes areas that became part of Colonial Lake Park as well as a portion of US Route 1., Negative numbers: 6588.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6588]
Aerial view of real estate development along Reading Blvd. in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Several homes on Reading Blvd. built before 1920 are still visible. Bausman Memorial United Church of Christ Tower, Yocum Institute for Arts Education, State Hill Rd., Penn Ave. and the Reading Railroad are all visible. View is from east to west, towards Sinking Spring. Probably taken mid-September, 1922., Negative numbers: 2780., Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1922
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.2780]
Aerial views of residential areas and farmlands in the vicinity of Absecon, New Jersey. Some views show an empty lot which may be in the beginning stages of a construction project. Atlantic City and Absecon Bay are visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6479, 6481, 6483, 6484, 6491, 6492, 6493, 6494., Manuscript note on several negative sleeves: J.J. Cassidy, Atlantic City, NJ.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1926
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6479; P.8990.6481; P.8990.6483; P.8990.6484; P.8990.6491; P.8990.6492; P.8990.6493; P.8990.6494]
Aerial view of farmland on the banks of the Schuylkill River with the cities of Norristown and Bridgeport, Pennsylvania visible in the distance. Manuscript note on image indicates the land might have been slated for development by Belmont Realty Company. Bridges over the river are also visible. The view looks towards the southeast from a vantage point some distance west of Bridgeport., Negative numbers: 8427.
Creator
Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date
1928
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8427]
