Illinois State Library

In partnership with the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Illinois State Library proposes to digitize and provide Internet access for an estimated 11,500 individual Illinois black-and-white, historical aerial photographic prints originally filmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture during the period 1936-1941 that are located in Illinois repositories. The project will provide leadership to other states that must address the digitization, preservation of, and access to aerial photographic images of interest to historians, developers, surveyors, engineers, and urban planners.