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Aerial Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Photographs of the earth taken from aircraft. For photographs taken from beyond the earth's atmosphere, use "space photographs." For photographs of celestial bodies or astronomical phenomena, use "astrophotographs."

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

James H. Branard, Jr. Port of Houston Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-025
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / James H. Branard, Jr. Port of Houston Collection
Dates: 1936-1971
Scope and Contents

The James H. Branard, Jr. Port of Houston Collection contains photographs primarily of ships and workers on the Long Reach docks on the Houston Ship Channel, collected by Branard, Jr., who was the former Vice President of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co., and was in charge of operations at Gulf Atlantic's Long Reach division. The collection also contains articles, publications, and other ephemera on Long Reach and the Port of Houston.

Herman E. Detering III Photographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-003
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Herman E. Detering III Photographs Collection
Dates: 1926-1992
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographic prints of various people and places in Houston primarily taken by photographers Bob and Marvin Bailey during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the photographs were shown in an exhibition titled "Houston: A Photographic Portrait, 1930s-1940s," which took place at Detering Book Gallery, owned and operated by Herman E. Detering III, during FotoFest 1992.

Frank E. Lozo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-030
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Frank E. Lozo Papers
Dates: 1890-1991; Majority of material found within 1937-1979
Scope and Contents

Written works, field notebooks, maps, photographs, and publications from Frank E. Lozo, geologist with Shell Development Company.