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Title: Western Electric Company Kearny Works, Kearny, New Jersey
Description: Aerial view of the Western Electric Kearny Works factory, Distribution Avenue, Kearny, NJ along the Passaic River looking west/northwest. Other industrial buildings along the river are also visible. Probably taken September 1926., Negative numbers: 6595., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6595]

Title: Belmont Mansion, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view of Belmont Mansion on Belmont Mansion Drive in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia in winter. View is slightly southwest to northeast and shows structures in the complex which no longer exist (possibly built for the 1876 Centennial Exposition). Abandoned railroad is visible. Built by William Peters ca. 1742-1751., Negative number: 1150., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1150]

Title: Buckman Farm, Middletown Township, Pennsylvania
Description: 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]

Title: Farm, Solebury Township, Pennsylvania
Description: 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]

Title: Art Colony, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Description: 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]

Title: Nolde and Horst Company, Reading, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Nolde and Horst Company hosiery plant located at Moss and Windsor Streets in Reading, Pennsylvania. Row houses and other buildings surround the factory. View is northwest to southeast. Factory built ca. 1900. Probably taken September 12-16, 1922., Negative number: 2769., Record created 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.8990.2769]

Title: Construction of airplane hangars, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of airplane hangars under construction at the site of what is now Philadelphia International Airport. Starting in 1925 the Pennsylvania National Guard used the site (known as Hog Island) as a training airfield. The site was dedicated as the "Philadelphia Municipal Airport" by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, but it had no proper terminal building until 1940. 5924 shows a view of the hangars from southwest to northeast along Island Avenue. 5926 shows a slightly more distant view from west to east including the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as well as the hangers under construction. The Pennsylvania Rail Road is also visible. Probably taken May 1926., Negative numbers: 5924; 5926., 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.8990.5924; P.8990.5926]

Title: Bynden Wood mansion/resort, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of Bynden Wood on Cushion Peak Road in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, near Wernersville. Ownership of the mansion changed several times after its construction ca. 1888-1889 and it became alternately a private summer home, sanitorium and resort. It was demolished in 1954, but the auxilary buildings still exist on what is now the South Mountain YMCA grounds. View [11177] is northwest to southeast with Cushion Peak road in the center of the photograph. View [11180] is southwest to northeast, reaching out over 2.5 miles from the aircraft’s position over Cushion Peak Rd. The Jesuit Center located on the east side of Wernersville is visible in the upper left corner of the photograph. Penn Avenue, the Reading Railroad, Preston Road and Belle Alto Road are also visible. Virgil Kauffman is believed to be the photographer. Reading Eagle, probably taken August 22, 1929., Negative number: 11177; 11180., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1929
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11177; P.8990.11180]

Title: Hamilton Watch Company complex, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Hamilton Watch Company complex at Columbia and North West End Avenues in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Surrounding homes and buildings are visible, along with croplands in the distance., Negative number: 1670., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1670]

Title: Aerial view of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania from the east along Main Street. George Brown's Sons Cotton and Woolen Mill (now known as the Sassafras Alley Apartments) is visible., Negative numbers: 1647.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1647]

Title: Langhorne Speedway under construction, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Langhorne Speedway under construction. Opened in 1926, it was the first one-mile dirt track built specifically for automobile racing. In this southwest-to-northeast view, grandstand seating is visible, as are Route 1 and Woodbourne Road. Probably taken June 1926. The final race was held at the speedway in 1971., Negative number: 6016., 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.8990.6016]

Title: Willow Grove Park, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of Willow Grove Park in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Amusement park rides, including two roller coasters, are visible along with two ponds. Croplands and residential housing are visible in the area surrounding the park. View is southeast to northwest. Moreland Road, Old Welsh Road and the train station are also visible. Probably taken September 1926., Negative number: 6571., 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.8990.6571]

Title: Wall Rope Works, Beverly, New Jersey
Description: Aerial view of the Wall Rope Works factory plant at Railroad Avenue and Mt.Holly Road in Beverly, New Jersey. Wall Rope Works was an industrial complex of national importance. The heart of the factory was its ropewalk, a long narrow building where strands of material were laid and twisted into rope. The 1,700 foot-long facility was the largest in the U.S. The company supplied rope products for the military beginning with the Spanish-American War; its products were used in the construction of the Kennedy Space Center. View is from northwest to southeast. Railroad tracks and adjacent residential areas are visible., Negative number: 1837., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1837]

Title: Marshall Farm, Abington Township, Pennsylvania
Description: 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]

Title: Mercer Automobile Company, Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the the Mercer Automobile Company factory plant on Whitehead Road in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, north of Trenton. Mercer was an American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925 notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout. View shows several buildings and water towers that comprise the factory surrounded by a scattering of buildings, some likely residential, spread across a relatively open landscape., Negative number: 1220., 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.8990.1220]

Title: Delaware River and South Philadelphia
Description: Aerial view of the Delaware River and South Philadelphia taken from a bi-plane (parts of which are visible) from ca. 2000-foot altitude above the vicinity of 6th and Tasker streets. View is southwest to northeast. Petty Island and Cooper's Point, New Jersey are visible., Negative number: 1618, Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1618]

Title: Galen Hall Hotel Mountain Wing, South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of Galen Hall Hotel, a resort in South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania. The resort was originally built by James Skirrow Preston as a health resort. It was sold to the Galen Hall Company in 1911 and it was significantly expanded in 1912 with the addition of the Mountain Wing (pictured). The buliding was destroyed in a fire on April 7, 1963., Negative number: 11182., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1929
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11182]

Title: Valley Forge National Historical Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of Valley Forge National Historical Park. The park is nationally significant as the site of the 1777-78 winter encampment of the Continental Army under General George Washington. View is from northwest to southeast. The Schuylkill River and railroad tracks along the river are visible. Probably taken September 12-16, 1922., Negative number: 2773., Record created 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.8990.2773]

Title: A. Wilhelm Company, Reading, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the A. Wilhelm Company paint manufacturing plant located on Bern Street between Center Avenue and the Fifth Street Highway. View is southwest to northeast. George Field and Hiesters Lane tunnel are visible as are other factories and residential row homes. Berks Knitting Company visible at bottom of image. Paint factory plant was closed in late 2007 and the complex has been demolished. Image probably taken November 1928., Negative number: 9108., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.9108]

Title: Metropolitan Edison Power Plant, West Reading, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the Metropolitan Edison electric power plant along the Schuylkill River in West Reading, Cumru Township, Pennsylania. View is southwest to northeast with the city of Reading, Pennsylvania visible in the background. A number of other factories, smokestacks, railroad tracks and a bridge are also visible. Image probably taken November 1928., Negative number: 9110., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.9110]

Title: Reading Cold Storage, Reading, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of two Reading Cold Storage facilities in Reading, Pennsylania. 11185 and 11186 show Reading Cold Storage facility no. 2 located at 9th and Laurel Streets looking southwest to northeast. 11188 shows Reading Cold Storage facility no. 1 located at Reed and Elm Streets looking northwest to southeast. Railroad yards and surrounding industrial buildings and row homes are also visible. Images probably taken August 21, 1929., Negative number: 11185; 11186; 11188., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1929
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11185; P.8990.11186; P.8990.11188]

Title: Aerial views of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of Reading, Pennsylvania show views of the central area of the city, with view 11189 from northwest to southeast and 11190 from southwest to northeast. V.K. was the photographer. Probably taken August 21, 1929., Negative numbers: 11189, 11190., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1929
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.11189; P.8990.11190]

Title: Aerial views of the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of the Somerton neighborhood in Northeast Philadelphia. Two views show residential development along Bustleton Avenue with adjacent farmlands. The William Penn Cemetery on Trevose Road is also visible., Negative numbers: 1446, 1469., 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.8990.1446; P.8990.1469]

Title: W. F. Taubel Knitting Mill, Riverside, New Jersey
Description: Aerial view of the W. F. Taubel Knitting Mill along Lafayette Street in Riverside, New Jersey. Adjacent buildings are likely also be part of a larger factory complex. Railroad tracks and train cars are visible as are two horses pulling a cart through the street (lower left)., Negative number: 1292., 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.8990.1292]

Title: Morrisville Yard, Morrisville, New Jersey
Description: 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]

Title: Aerial views of Darby, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views from very high altitude showing Darby, Pennsylvania. Views are from northwest to southeast, with the Elmwood section of Philadelphia visible [5587]; from southwest to northeast with the B & O and Pennsylvania Railroads, Chester Pike, and MacDade Boulevard visible [5593]; and from west to east showing Darby Creek, Cobbs Creek, and the Fels & Company plant formerly at Woodland and Island Avenues [5615]. The General Electric plant formerly at 69th and Elmwood Avenues is visible in all three views. Probably taken April 1926., Negative numbers: 5587; 5593; 5615., 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.8990.5587; P.8990.5593; P.8990.5615]

Title: University of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial view of the University of Pennsylvania's West Philadelphia campus from 33rd Street to the Schuylkill River and from South Street to Market Street. View looking north/northeast from the vicinity of 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard and shows Franklin Field before it was reconstructed in the early 1920s. The Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, adjacent railroad yards and residential row homes are all visible, as are bridges across the Schuylkill going to Center City Philadelphia., Negative number: 1588., Record created with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1588]

Title: American Steel & Wire Company factory plant, Trenton, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the the American Steel and Wire Company plant. In 1848 John A. Roebling purchased a 25 acre site along the Delaware & Raritan Canal in Chambersburg (now a part of Trenton) for his wire rope business. Roebling designed the buildings and machinery and directed the company until his death in 1869, when his sons took over. The company manufactured wire rope and related products for suspension bridges, shipping, mining, construction (including the Panama Canal), electrical power transmission, cable cars, tramways, aircraft, submarine netting, musical instruments, elevators, logging and oil drilling. By World War I, the factory was the largest wire rope plant in the world and the company grew considerably in response to steadily increasing demands for its products. The company was a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. The views show ortions of the plant from several angles with the city of Trenton visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 6031, 6434, 6435.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6031; P.8990.6434; P.8990.6435]

Title: Diamond State Fibre Company, Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
Description: Aerial views of the Diamond State Fibre Company industrial facility on the banks of the Schuylkill River just south of DeKalb Pike in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. The facility contained the company's main offices and a fiber processing mill and factory. Views show the facility and the adjacent railroad tracks that serviced it. Bridges over the Schuylkill River and portions of Norristown are also visible., Negative numbers: 1576, 7096, 7097, 7098, 7099.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1576; P.8990.7096-7099]

Title: Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg
Description: Aerial views of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building located at 3rd and State Streets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The building was designed by architect Joseph M. Huston of Philadelphia. Includes views of the capitol from several angles so that much of Harrisburg is visible in the distance., Negative numbers: 1472, 1483, 5772.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1472; P.8990.1483; P.8990.5772]

Title: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront along the Delaware River. The shipbuilding facilities can be seen from several angles in both close-up and distant views. Adjacent railroad tracks and neighborhoods are also visible and other parts of Camden can be seen in the distance. The company launched its first ship in 1901 and its last in 1967., Negative numbers: 1683, 1685, 2516, 7204, 7206, 7207.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1683; P.8990.1685; P.8990.2516; P.8990.7204; P.8990.7206; P.8990.7207]

Title: Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia
Description: Aerial views of the Naval Shipyard on League Island at the base of Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Buildings, facilities and equipment are visible on the island and a variety of types of ships can be seen docked in the harbor. Municipal Stadium (later John F. Kennedy Stadium) and South Philadelphia are visible in the murky distance in some shots., Negative numbers: 1346, 2793, 5918, 5923.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: ca. 1915-1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.1346; P.8990.2973; P.8990.5918; P.8990.5923]

Title: Hotels along the Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Views are taken from a lower vantage point so that several hotels and surrounding areas can be seen in some detail., Negative numbers: 6201, 6202, P240, P241, P244.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1926-1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.6201; P.8990.6202; P.8990.P240; P.8990.P241; P.8990.P244]

Title: R.C.A.-Victor Talking Machine plant on the Delaware riverfront, Camden, New Jersey
Description: Aerial views of the R.C.A.-Victor Talking Machine plant on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront near the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Factory buildings were primarily constructed between 1910 and 1920, based on designs by Ballinger & Perrot, before Victor merged with the Radio Corporation of America (R.C.A.) in 1929., Negative numbers: 8494, 12219n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1928-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.8494; P.8990.12219n]

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