Connecticut*s 1934 Aerial Survey Now Online

In 1934, Connecticut became the first state to complete a statewide aerial survey.

Now Connecticut is the first state to put a complete statewide aerial survey online.

The 1934 aerial survey of Connecticut was taken before the Hurricane of 1938 radically changed the topography of the state, but after a statewide paving project called "Get Connecticut Out of the Mud" enabled the popular new-fangled automobiles to climb the state's hills and cruise its valleys.

The original photographic prints have long been one of the most heavily used collections at the Connecticut State Library.

The State Library has now digitized the 8,731 original 1934 aerial photographs, and published them as part of the State Library's Digital

Collections at http://cslib.cdmhost.com/cdm4/aerials.php.

You can search for the aerials photos by town name, or by using either a street map locator or a topographic index sheet locator.

Some streets of today did not exist in 1934, so the aerial photo may show a meadow or forest where you now would find a road.

See what your Library’s site looked like in 1934!"

For more information on the 1934 survey and the many other aerial photographs available at the State Library, see our website at http://www.cslib.org/aerials .