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Title
[Sacramento, West Sacramento, North Sacramento]
Contributor
Cartwright, Vern W., 1922-2003
Cartwright Aerial Surveys
Date Created and/or Issued
194u
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2010-3974.
Covers: downtown Sacramento, West Sacramento, Broderick, Bryte, North Sacramento; Southern Pacific Railroad yard; City Filtration Plant; American and Sacramento Rivers; various bridges: Tower Bridge, I Street, Jibboom St. "42149" -- lower right corner.
Born in Medford, Oregon in 1922. After serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II, settled in Sacramento, starting a commercial photography business stringing for various newspapers. Business, Cartwright Aerial Surveys, eventually specialized in aerial photography and mapping. Died in Sacramento in 2003.
Cartwright Aerial Surveys created aerial photographs to be used in producing topographic maps, plans, and profiles used in civil engineering; subdivision layouts and general purpose maps; products used for marketing studies and court documents. Photographs document growth and development of major urban areas of Northern California.
Also have negative.
Type
image
Format
Unmediated
Sheet
Aerial photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : print ; 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Language
English
Subject
Bridges--California--Sacramento
Rivers--California--Sacramento
Croplands--California--Yolo County
Sacramento (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
West Sacramento (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
North Sacramento (Sacramento, Calif.)--Aerial photographs
American River (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
Sacramento River (Calif.)--Aerial photographs
Photographic prints
Aerial photographs
Place
California
Sacramento
Yolo County
Sacramento (Calif.)
West Sacramento (Calif.)
North Sacramento (Sacramento, Calif.)
American River (Calif.)
Sacramento River (Calif.)

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