Still Pictures Aerial Photography in Record Group 72: Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics

Aeronautical Primary Program Photographs, ca. 1942 - 1951 (72-AP)

This series consists of aerial and ground photographs of U.S. Navy facilities, personnel and activities.

Photographic File of the Naval Aircraft Factory, 1918 - 1941 (72-AF)

In this series are aerial views of the Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) (including 72-AF-34100A and 216990); the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Navy Yard (72-AF-35671); and interior views of buildings at the NAF, including the Aeronautical Engine Laboratory (72-AF-33877). Other photographs of interest in this series include an aerial view of Havana, Cuba in 1926 (72-AF-35342), the Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba (72-AF- 35343), and a view of Sitka, Alaska with Mt. Edgecombe in the background (72-AF- 215640). The finding aid for the series is available in the Still Pictures Research Room. This series is partially digitized.