Aerial Photos of the Northern Part of Dallas, Texas

About the Collection

The Aerial Photos of the Northern Part of Dallas were taken by Lloyd M. Long circa 1940. Areas shown are east of Love Field, west of White Rock Lake, and north of Beverly Drive, including Highland Park and University Park.

These photographs are part of the Foscue Map Collection. SMU Libraries worked with regional historian George Cearley to identify essential features in the photos such as major roads, railways, and landmarks. In the digital collection, there are two versions of each image, labeled and unlabeled. Labeled images include George Cearley's annotations, which appear below the image. Each image contains a link to the corresponding labeled or unlabeled photograph.

Described in the Dallas Morning News as "a pioneer in the field of aerial photography," Lloyd Long (1896-1956) played an important part in Dallas' aviation history. Long, who finished a graduate degree in business at MIT in 1917, became a senior instructor in aerial photography at the U.S. Naval School at MIT and moved to Dallas in 1920 to join Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc. He helped develop the Fairchild camera, which featured a shutter between the lenses to allow for better aerial pictures. This camera system became standard on aerial cameras for the next 50 years.