National Air and Space Museum Archives

United States Army Aerial Mapping Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1991.0034
Creators:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Dates:
1926-1938
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1.09 Cubic feet
(1 records center box)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains bibliographies, correspondence, reports, articles, pamphlets and drafts of papers on aerial mapping and photography (one authored by Maj. James Bagley). It also contains a dictionary of photographic terms (in German) and material on various cameras and other equipment including Adam Hilger Ltd.'s Survey Stereoscope; Fairchild's Solar Navigator; Brigg's Gyroscope Vertical Indicator; J.G. Saltzman, Inc.'s, lighting and enlarging equipment; Messter Topograph; the Nistri Photocartograph and the Santoni Photogrammetric method (in both English and Italian); and the aerocartograph (blue prints and quadrangle mapping).

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The U.S. Army began aerial photography after World War I to free them from the time consuming and costly survey parties. Major James W. Bagley was placed in charge of the small engineer detachment at Wright Field to supply aerial photography for military mapping. The experiments of this time period produced methods of aerial mapping that opened up vast areas which would have been denied to a ground surveyor during World War II.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Dr. Martin Gordon, Gift, 1991, 1991-0034, Public Domain

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aeronautics, Military Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aerial photography Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cartography Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps, Military Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cameras Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photography -- Equipment and supplies Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manuals Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dictionaries Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pamphlets Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Bagley, James Warren, 1881-1947 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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