Fairchild Aerial Photography Collection

Location

Stauffer Science Center, Keck Lab, Second Floor
Tel: 562.907.4220
Hours of operation: By appointment only, Monday - Friday, 8:30a.m. to 5p.m.

ABOUT THE COLLECTION

The Fairchild Aerial Photography Collection at Whittier College is one of the largest libraries of aerial photographs in North America. The collection is estimated to consist of at least 500,000 items, including prints, negatives, photoindices, and photomosaics. All of the photographs in the collection were produced by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., or its subsidiaries and contractors during the period of 1927 through 1965, and are mostly black-and-white, vertical images.

This historic collection of aerial photography is used for research in a variety of fields including geology, geography, engineering, city planning, biology, history, seismology, environmental science, and even genealogy.

To visit the Fairchild Aerial Photography Collection online, click here.

Staff

Stephanie Breaux, Director
Tel: 562.907.4200, ext. 4593
E-mail: sbreaux@whittier.edu

Melissa Morrow, Office Manager
Tel: 562.907.4220
E-mail: mmorrow@whittier.edu