We've digitized black & white aerial photographs for Durham county, flown by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1955, 1959/1960, and 1966/1967.
Historic Durham County Aerial Imagery (USDA) (entire collection)
Includes:
- Indexes (download the index for a year to determine which images you need)
- 1955 imagery (217 photos)
- 1960 (223 photos)
- 1966 (215 photos)
More resources
- Print holdings in the Perkins/Bostock Library Map Collection (includes aerial photos from 1955 to 1990; also, orthophoto quadrangles and orthophoto maps filed with USGS topographic maps)
- USDA Historical Aerial Photos scanned by UNC - Chapel Hill
Includes:
Durham County (1940, 1955, 1972)
Orange County (1938, 1955, 1975)
Person County (1955, 1975)
Wake Countty (1938, 1959, 1971)