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International Aerial Mapping Company 1972 Houston Aerial Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-040

This collection consists of two color aerial photographs of Houston, Texas taken in 1972 by the International Aerial Mapping Company of San Antonio.

The photographs show the area around the North Loop Freeway (IH-610) and North Main Street. They measure approximately 9 inches by 9 inches and bear the date “2-4-72” in the upper left hand corner and the serial number “HOU 0724 020” in the upper right hand corner. The back contains the name and address, “International Aerial Mapping, 8927 International Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78216.”

Dates

  • 1972

Conditions Governing Access

Open for Research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

1 Oversize Drawers

Biographical / Historical

The city began on August 30, 1836, when Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen ran an advertisement in the Telegraph and Texas Register for the "Town of Houston." The town-site, which featured a mixture of timber and grassland, was on the level Coastal Plain in the middle of the future Harris County, at 95.4° west longitude and 30.3° north latitude. When first formed in 1949 the Houston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area covered only Harris County and had a population of 806,701 people. The increasing use of automobiles also led to the building of expressways in the 1950s that extended over 200 miles by 1990. The prosperity after World War II brought the world famous Galleria shopping mall with its interior ice-skating rink in 1970. In the ordering of urban space Houston politicians and voters have continually rejected the use of zoning. The lack of zoning has not affected development to any great extent, however, since heavy industry concentrated in the area of the ship channel and subdivisions controlled construction through deed restrictions. This casual attitude toward land use encouraged business expansion.

Sources:

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "Houston, Texas." http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/hdh3.html Accessed March 5, 2009

Author: Stephen James

Custodial History

Donated by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in February, 2016.

Title
Guide to the International Aerial Mapping Company 1972 Houston Aerial Photographs
Status
Completed
Author
Stephen James
Date
2016
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
4333 University Drive
Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
713-743-9750