AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

FROM THE

MONTGOMERY SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT

1937-1981

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY

Aerial photographs provide important data about land development, agricultural land use, and environmental features, and were used by the Montgomery Soil Conservation District to assist with agricultural and environmental planning. Although it is clear that most of the photographs in the collection were taken by the United States Department of Agriculture, it is also possible that some were taken by the Defense Mapping Agency, as some of the earlier photographs show sites that would have been of military significance during World War II and were at one time classified. Today the photographs are primarily used for environmental assessments as they show the history of development on particular sites.

PROVENANCE

The photographs were donated to the Archives by the Montgomery Soil Conservation District in October 1998.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The six cubic feet of aerial photographs represent ten aerial surveys of Montgomery County performed from 1937 to 1981 by the United States Department of Agriculture.

NOTE ON ARRANGEMENT

The photographs are organized according to the year in which the aerial survey was performed. Within each year they are grouped in folders or flat files in numerical order by unique identification number, except in the case of photograph numbers 179# 2R to 279# 95 from 1979 which are housed in individual folders. The bulk of the images range in size from 9 ½ x 9 ½ to 12 x 12, although the collection also contains some oversized images (46 x 23) for the years 1943, 1944, and 1951, many of which are duplicates.

Complete indexes exist for the years 1951, 1970, and 1979 in the form of small prints of the photographs pasted together to form an overall view of the County. The identification numbers on the index can be matched to individual photographs. A copy of a topographical map of the Brighton Dam Watershed area of Howard and Montgomery Counties in 1943 serves as a partial guide to some of the photographs from that year.

1937

Box 1

AHA 26# 39

AHA 27# 40-47

FG 118

31-34, 38, 40-42

92, 94, 96

120-121, 123, 125, 129, 131-132, 172, 174

FG 119# 103, 105

1943

DC0 1# 60-64, 66

DCO 2# 62, 64, 66, 67-70, 72, 74

DCO 3# 16, 48, 50, 52, 70

DCO 10

7-10, 12-14, 62, 64, 66-68

69-70, 72, 86, 88-92

DCO 11

40, 42, 44-49

85-88, 90, 92-95

DCO 12

6, 8, 10-18, 20

93-96, 98-99, 101-102, 104, 106-107

Box 2

DCO 13

5-6, 8-18

20-21, 58, 60-64, 66, 68, 70, 72-73

110-119

120, 122-126

DCO 15# 115-116

DCO 21# 130-136, 138-140, 142, 144, 146

DCO 22

10, 12, 14-16, 18-20, 22, 24, 26

58, 60-62, 64-67

DCO 25

36, 38, 40, 42-47

65-66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78

145, 147-148, 150, 152, 154, 156-157

1951

Box 3

NV 1G

3-26

27-55

57-80

NV 2G

3-19

23-40

45-62

Box 4

67-79, 81-87

89-118

121-134, 142-151

NV 3G

1-33

36-58, 61-66

Box 5

68-75, 80-90

NV 5G

1-17

19-41

42-69

71-95

99-107

1957

Box 6

RC 1

2-14

19-37

40-62

63-85

88-108

109-130

131-134, 141-142, 146-149, 152-168

RC 2

1-20

21-40

41-60

61-80

81-101

105-125

Box 7

126-145

146-166

167-187

188-207

RC 3

1-7, 10-11, 14-25

26-48

81-87, 94-97

NV 1T

23-39

40-58

123-139

140-151

NV 2T

6-26

NV 2T# 27-33; NP 2T# 43-45; NV 2T# 46-55

NV 2T# 56-70

Box 8

NV 2T# 77-97

NP 2T# 98-100, 118-120; NV 2T# 121-133, 135-140

NV 3T# 82-91, 129-130; NP 3T# 92-94, 127-128

NV 4T

1-10, 13-36

28-45, 47-50

51-66

72-94

95-115

116-125, 128-140

141-157

NP 4T# 169-171; NV 4T# 172-180

NV 4T# 182-189

NP 5T# 48-50; NV 5T# 51-66

1963

Box 9

NV 1DD

9-17, 24-36

39-54

NV 2DD

2-17

21-37

39-59

63-86

118-129, 131-140

141-158

NV 2DD# 161-185; NP 2DD# 186-189

NV 2DD

213-239

Box 10

241-261

NP 2DD# 262, 280-281; NV 2DD# 282-293

NP 3DD# 106; NV 3DD# 107-109, 111-117

NV 3DD# 134-136; NP 3DD# 189-190

NV 3DD

191-206, 211-216, 218

3-7, 12-25

1970

Box 11

NV 1LL# 2-9

NV 2LL

4-9, 14-17, 21-24, 27-40

45-59, 63-78

84-96, 98-101, 105-124

127-140, 142-152

168, 170-182, 187-196, 198-215

Box 12

NV 3LL# 3-13, 54-55

NV 4LL

2-12, 14, 20-35

36-43, 45-47, 51-59

60-69

NV 4LL# 70-74; NP 4LL# 75-76

NV 4LL

106-117

120-135

NV 4LL# 136-137; NP 4LL# 138-139; NV 4LL# 161-170

NV 4LL# 171-181

1979

179# 2R, 3-4, 5R, 6L, 7-13

279# 24R, 25

Box 13

279# 26-27, 28R, 29L, 49R, 50-54, 55R, 88, 89, 90-95

105-107, 108R,

123-128

129-131R

131L

132-134, 135R

379

16L, 17R, 18-20, 21R, 22R, 23,

24R, 25R, 26L, 29L, 30-33

34-35, 36L, 37L, 75R, 76, 77L, 78L

479# 7, 8-12, 13R, 14R

1980

17# 165-167, 171-173, 223-225

1981

439# 24-26, 28-29, 32, 65-73, 75, 125-128, 167-169, 209-211, 251-254

Oversized Photographs

1937

Box 14

FG 118# 120-121, 133, 139

1943

DCO 1# 1-60, 62-67

DCO 2# 62-75

DCO 3# 48-54, 69, 71

DCO 10# 6-8, 10-13

Box 15

DCO 10# 14-16, 60-74, 85-94

DCO 11# 39-51

Box 16

DCO 11 # 84-96

DCO 12# 5-21, 92-110

Box 17

DCO 13 # 1, 3-23, 52-75

Box 18

DCO 13 # 104-105, 107-113, 115-117, 119, 121-128

DCO 15# 113-119

DCO 16# 120

DCO 21# 123-132, 134-139

Box 19

DCO 21# 140-148

DCO 22# 3-8, 10-25, 54-67

1944

Box 20

DCO 25# 36-38, 40-46, 48-52, 58-64, 67-78, 89, 144-154, 157-160

1951

Box 21

NV 1G# 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53,

57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 73, 75, 77, 79

NV 2G# 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60

Box 22

NV 2G# 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 105, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115,

124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 142, 144, 146, 148, 150

NV 3G# 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13,15, 21, 25, 27, 29

Box 23

NV 3G# 38, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 69, 71, 75, 82, 84, 86, 88

NV 5G# 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39

Box 24

NV 5G# 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 99

101, 107