Shuster Aerial {Photograph} Collection | Cal Poly Humboldt

Between 1946 and the mid Sixties Merle Shuster was employed by land builders, timber homeowners, and lumber mill homeowners to {photograph} particular websites. Approximately half the photographs within the assortment come from these assignments and the opposite half are what Mr. Shuster selected to {photograph} as he was flying to and from the designated web site. Most of the photographs are taken at an indirect angle, giving the viewer a richer sense of the panorama. Scenes from the burgeoning post-war lumber trade on Humboldt Bay and close by coastal areas type nearly all of the gathering. Other scenes embody rivers, nation roads and farmsteads, small cities, and gorgeous landscapes. Humboldt Bay, Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad, and Crescent City are significantly properly documented. Here’s the record of topics used.

Consult the Finding Aid for extra details about the gathering.

Search the gathering and examine the photographs on the Cal Poly Humboldt Digital Archive web page.

A number of pictures from the Shuster Aerial Collection have been georeferenced and displayed in a undertaking by Brian McCaughey (2016 HSU Alum). This web site shows Merle Shuster’s excessive decision aerial pictures of Humboldt County on a webmap within the geographic places the place the pictures have been initially taken. This undertaking was accomplished with assist from Dr. James Graham and Humboldt Library workers. Please go to the Shuster Aerial Project for extra data and to see the map.

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