New Jersey Shore after hurricane.

New Jersey Shore - 1944

Location: Atlantic shore of New Jersey from Cape May to Normandy Beach.

Approx geographic coverage:

Photograph date: September 6 - October 24, 1944.

Abstract: These are historical black and white aerial photographs of Ventnor-Atlantic City, Brigantine, and Barnegat Lighthouse. Photograph dates are 6 September 1944, 15 September 1944, and 24 October 1944, based on labels on the back of the prints. The prints are in a BEB folder labeled 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, and 11-15.

Aerial flight service:

Source of original images: Presently stored at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Engineer Research and Development Center, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.

Original image condition: Excellent. Printed on single-weight glossy paper. The printing date is unknown but believed to be 1944.

Supplemental Information: Total flight lines: unknown. Platform, unknown, but possibly blimp. Camera, focal length, film: unknown. Total number of frames is 11. BEB index book cites Navy as source. The filename includes a 4-digit number written in pencil on the back of each frame.

Disposition of original negatives: Unknown

Alternates sets of prints: None known

SCANNING INFORMATION:

Scanner: UMAX PowerLook 2100XL
Software: MagicScan v4.5. Contrast and gain were adjusted for most frames to emphasize beach features and preserve texture in wetlands.
Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi for TIFF files (not on the site); 600 x 600 dpi, 8 bit Grayscale for JPEG files.
Scanning date: August 2005.
Scanned by: Mr. Doyle Jones

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Andrew Morang, Ph.D.
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, HN-CE
Engineer Research and Development Center
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-5002 USA

Tel voice: 601-634-2064
Facsimile: 601-634-3080

Email: andrew.morang@usace.army.mil