The North Carolina Geological Survey (NCGS) has an extensive collection of historical, black and white aerial stereo pair photographs taken in the 1950's and early 1960's in many of North Carolina's counties. The photos are 9" x 9" prints with a nominal scale of 1:20,000. Below is a list of available County photos with year of acquisition. Counties with no data of this vintage (8 total) are denoted by "none available" in the data table.

If you'd like to view the photos in person, please request an appointment with Mike Medinals. Our office is located at 512 N. Salisbury Street, 5th Floor, Rm. 527 Raleigh, NC 27604-1148.  You can reach Mike Medina via email at michael.medina@deq.nc.gov or by phone at 919-707-9203.

Because of the collection's value, the aerial photographs are not available for loan outside the NCGS' Archdale office; however, these photographs can be digitally scanned in our office and emailed to you as .pdf, .jpg or .tif images.