Aerial Photos of Tucson
Gene Magee Collection
Photos date from the 1930’s to the 1950’s.
Housed at the Arizona Historical Society: http://www.ahs.state.az.us/
949 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ 85719
Telephone: (520) 628-5774
Glinski, James. Above Tucson then and now. Tucson, Ariz.: JTG Enterprise. c1995.
Aerial photo guide: Tucson and vicinity. [Tucson, Ariz.] : McLain Harbers Co. [1986]
Article about the collection: "His clicking camera chronicled changing community." Arizona Daily Star. May 3, 1992. Page 3E.
Pima County Department of Transportation
This department has a collection of historical aerial photographs of Tucson dating 1946-2003. To find out the holdings of this collection and other information go to their web site at: http://www.dot.co.pima.az.us/eim/aerial/ (These photographs are not online--this web site just lists the holdings in the collection.)
Arizona Geological Survey Library
416 W. Congress, Suite #100
Aerial photography: historic aerial photography over time back to 1936. Indexed so that the customer can define an area and AZGS staff can identify what photos they have.
http://www.azgs.az.gov/ges_azgslibrary.shtml
Cooper Aerial Surveys
Can be hired to take aerial photos. Also, has a library of photos dating to 1953. 1692 W. Grant Road Tucson, AZ 85745.
Telephone: (520) 884-7580
http://www.cooperaerial.com
Source:
Program. "Arizona Historical Society." Arizona Historical Society. http://www.ahs.state.az.us/ (accessed September 27, 2011).
"PC DOT EIM Aerial Photo Lookup." Pima County Department of Transportation. http://dot.pima.gov/eim/aerial/ (accessed September 27, 2011).
"AZGS | GES | Library." The Arizona Geological Survey | Home |. http://www.azgs.az.gov/ges_azgslibrary.shtml (accessed September 27, 2011).