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Aerial photography in archaeology -- Peru

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Shippee-Johnson Peruvian Expedition aerial nitrate negative collection, 1931-1999

 Collection
Identifier: NNC .S551
Scope and Contents The collection consists of approximately 3600 black-and-white nitrate negatives housed in 23 boxes. Of these, 2470 are aerial photographs, most of them oblique views photographed through the open window of the plane; 546 are vertical views shot through a mount in the belly of the plane, on five uncut 10-inch wide film rolls. The remaining 1128 images are ethnographic images taken on the ground. In addition to the nitrates, photographic prints, interpositives and safety film copies exist for...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1931 - 1999