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HJW geospatial is the single largest resource of archived aerial photography in northern california offering multiple aerial photography services, HJW can acquire new aerial photography of any area in the united states and canada, and many overseas locations.
Photo Gallery
The Pacific Aerial Surveys collection contains thousands of aerial photographs of the san Francisco bay Area from the early 1930s to the present. prints from the pAs archives are available for purchase.
Amelia Earhart Over Treasure Island
Date: March 13, 1937
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: AP-141
Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan in a demonstration flight prior to their first attempt to fly around the world.
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Opening Day of the Golden Gate Bridge
Date: May 27, 1937
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: AGGB-220
After less than 41/2 years of construction the Golden Gate Bridge opened with a pedestrian walk. The next day, from Washington, FDR would proclaim the bridge open to automobile traffic.
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The Sutro Baths
Date: July 9, 1964
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: SF-W-17
Originally constructed in 1896 the baths were a popular San Francisco attraction and offered seven large pools of varying temperatures. This aerial view was made after the baths had closed but before they were destroyed in a fire.
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USS Macon Over the Fleet at the Golden Gate
Date: December 15, 1934
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: ADN-184
A line of battleships leaves San Francisco Bay as the Naval Airship Macon glides overhead. With the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge complete, the bridge remains 30 months from opening.
top of page^USS Saratoga in the San Francisco Bay
Date: August 21, 1931
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: ASN-118
This view is of the Saratoga (CV-3) at anchor in San Francisco Bay with her compliment of bi-winged aircraft. The Saratoga was converted from a battle cruiser to an aircraft carrier during construction and was the Navy's second aircraft carrier when launched in 1925.
top of page^Mills College
Date: January 16, 1940
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: ASC-30
Founded in 1852, Mills is an independent liberal arts college for women. Many of the buildings on the Oakland Campus were designed by Julia Morgan.
top of page^USS Macon at the Mooring Mast
Date: October 15, 1933
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: ADN-139E
Docking the airship included attaching the nose to the mooring mast, the tail to a gondola (both riding on rails), then driving the craft into its massive Hanger One.
top of page^SF-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Hammerhead Cranes
Date: May 22, 1934
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: ASFB-54
A dramatic aerial photograph of the western most tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge showing the hammerhead cranes used to lift the steel structure.
top of page^Aerial Detail of the Court of Honor and the Tower of the Sun
Date: 1939
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: AE-174
At the crossroads of the two main promenades at the Golden Gate International Exposition was the Court of Honor and the Tower of the Sun, the exposition icon, both designed by Arthur Brown Jr.
top of page^The Dole Race winner "Woolaroc"
Date: August 1927
Photographer: unconfirmed
Number: HST-8D
Pineapple magnate James Dole put up a cash prize for the first and second civilian aircraft to make it to Honolulu. Fifteen planes entered, seven started and two made it to Wheeler Field in Oahu on August 17, 1927. In the end, after the deaths of 10 aviators, the race was won by Art Goebel in the Travelair "Woolaroc" in 26 hours 17 minutes. "Aloha" came in second.
top of page^China Clipper NC14714 flying over Aquatic Park
Date: May 10, 1938
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: AP-193
China Clipper NC14714 flying over Aquatic Park, San Francisco CA.
top of page^Aerial View of the GGIE and Port of Trade Winds Seaplane Harbor
Date: 1939
Photographer: Clyde Sunderland
Number: AE-163
The Matson Liner “Mariposa” and the Pan Am "Honolulu Clipper" share the Port of Trade Winds Seaplane harbor during the Golden Gate International Exposition.
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