| Ricky and James:
I have had good luck with "Aerial Images"-"Aerial Images Single Frame" data set. I have not had much luck with "Aerial Images Mosiac" data set.
Remember that the images are listed with the most recent first and the oldest last. I have seen some from the 30's but most are from the 40's on.
For Example. on the search criteria tab I enter Wyoming, IL as the place and then click the show button. I then choose the data sets tab and under Aerial Images click the boxes for Mosiacs and single frame images and then click results. I then choose the results tab and use the pull down to see what showed up in each data set. In the single frame data set for Wyoming, IL the last entry on page 2 and the first entry on page 3 are from 1956. To download the images it will require registration and a log in. The 2 images from 1956 are about 75 MB each so they should give a fair amount of detail.
When viewing the images they frequently have to be rotated to get North at the top of the image. The top of the image as it downloads is usually the direction that the plane was flying when the image was made.
I have found that when viewing older B&W images that if I toggle between a current google map or google earth image it helps me find the area of the older image I should concentrate on. Things like main roads tend to have the same basic silhouette even if they have been significantly upgraded or modernized. It at least makes it easier to ignore the parts of the image that I am not interested in.
On Feb 15, 2020, at 8:31 AM, Rick Keil wrote: Kirby,
I use that site quite a bit for modern imagery, what data set did you use for the older aerial imagery?
Ricky Keil St Louis, MO
James I have had good luck finding detailed aerials from the 50's at this web site. https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.
Let me know if this helps. On Feb 14, 2020, at 4:34 PM, wolfshead010 via Groups.Io wrote: Greetings,
I am planning to make a Free-Mo module setup based on Wyoming, IL as it looked in the 1950's. I am looking for information on what trackage was still in place and what the structures looked like. I have located a Sanborn Fire map, but it only goes up to 1913. A friend found an aerial picture from 1938, but it is rather fuzzy and does not answer some questions. I have seen a picture from 1979 with a train passing the depot, so I know at least the main was still in service then. The depot still exists, but the platform (shown on the Sanborn map) is gone.
What I am trying to find out includes:
1. Was the "Q" Elevator still served by rail and were any of the grain bins in place yet?
2. Was the cattle shed still in use?
3. Was the E.W. Houghten & Co. lumberyard behind the depot still in use and was it still served by the CB&Q?
4. Was the Aldrich Company in that location by the 1950's and were they served by the CB&Q?
5. What platform did the depot have or was it gone by the 1950's? (My understanding is that passenger traffic had ended before the war.)
Thanks for any help.
James Kantor
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