Aerial Photos of Tucson

Gene Magee Collection
Photos date from the 1930’s to the 1950’s.
Housed at the Arizona Historical Society.
949 E. 2nd Street
Tucson, AZ  85719
Telephone: (520) 628-5774

An article about the Gene Magee collection: HENRY, BONNIE. "The Arizona Daily Star It is a rolling slide show of the way we were, frame at a time." The Arizona Daily Star 3 May 1992.

Glinski, James. Above Tucson Then & Now. Tucson, Ariz.: JTG Enterprise. c1995.
Aerial Photo Guide: Tucson and Vicinity.  [Tucson, Ariz.] : McLain Harbers Co. [1986]

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 see Aerial Photo Lookup.
(The photographs are not online—the web site just lists the holdings in the collection.)

Arizona Geological Survey Photo Gallery
Images are accompanied by an explanation. We have tried to minimize jargon, opting to make this resource more palatable to a public audience.

Cooper Aerial Surveys
Aerial photo services. Also, has a library of photos dating to 1953. 1692 W. Grant Road Tucson, AZ  85745.
Telephone: (520) 884-7580

Sources:

Arizona Historical Society

PC DOT EIM Aerial Photo Lookup. Pima County Department of Transportation.

AZGS | GES | Library. The Arizona Geological Survey 


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