Historical Aerial Photos: Home

The University Libraries has digital historical aerial photos for North Carolina counties of Durham, Orange, Person, and Wake. This guide provides information about the aerial photos and a way to download them.

A separate page is provided for each county/year available in the collection:

Durham County, NC 1940
Durham County, NC 1955
Durham County, NC 1972

Orange County, NC 1938
Orange County, NC 1955
Orange County, NC 1975

Person County, NC 1955
Person County, NC 1975

Wake County, NC 1938
Wake County, NC 1959
Wake County, NC 1971

Additional information about the images is also provided.

Image source: USDA aerial photos