New Jersey Shore after the 1944 Hurricane
Oblique photographs of Atlantic City, Brigantine and Barnegat Lighthouse · 11 frames · select a photo to view and zoom.
About these photographs
- Location
- Atlantic shore of New Jersey from Cape May to Normandy Beach.
- Coverage
- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.50 · East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.10 · North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.76 · South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.34
- Photograph date
- September 6 - October 24, 1944.
Source, condition and scanning notes
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.
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
