Abandoned base
This photograph of Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Launch Site Two at San Cristobal, Cuba, was taken on November 1, 1962, four days after Soviet Premier Nikita...
Aerial view of Gettysburg
This aerial photograph shows the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on September 26, 1949. In early July 1863, one of the Civil War’s most important battles was...
Anaheim, after a mouse…
German immigrants founded Anaheim, California, in 1857 on just 200 acres of land. This 1956 aerial photograph was taken one year after the grand opening of Disneyland...
Astronauts' view
This aerial photograph, taken on July 31, 1997, shows the John F. Kennedy Space Center on the east coast of Florida. The Kennedy Space Center, administered by the...
Bird’s eye view of Orlando
This aerial photograph from March 1, 1954, shows the area southwest of Orlando, Florida, which would be transformed from mostly swampland into the home of the Disney...
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco
This aerial photograph shows a section of San Francisco, California, and its waterfront along the bay. By the time the picture was taken on January 30, 1951, the...
Bird’s-eye view of the Grand Canyon
This aerial photograph of the Grand Canyon in Arizona was taken on April 16, 1949. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon a national monument in...