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- catalog abstract ""Cities from the Sky, An Aerial Portrait of America features over 125 classic photographs that together form a definitive portrait of America's urban landscape. Taken by the intrepid photographers of the Fairchild Aerial Survey company over a five-decade span, these lavishly reproduced images provide a sparkling record of our cities in the boom years of the twentieth century. Charged by company founder and legendary American industrialist, aviator, and inventor Sherman M. Fairchild to document nearly every corner of the United States, the Fairchild photographers produced maplike shots taken from high altitude along with low-angle, raking views that depict landmark buildings and news events in stunning detail."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12319757.
- catalog contributor b12319758.
- catalog coverage "United States Aerial photographs.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Cities from the Sky, An Aerial Portrait of America features over 125 classic photographs that together form a definitive portrait of America's urban landscape. Taken by the intrepid photographers of the Fairchild Aerial Survey company over a five-decade span, these lavishly reproduced images provide a sparkling record of our cities in the boom years of the twentieth century. Charged by company founder and legendary American industrialist, aviator, and inventor Sherman M. Fairchild to document nearly every corner of the United States, the Fairchild photographers produced maplike shots taken from high altitude along with low-angle, raking views that depict landmark buildings and news events in stunning detail."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Sherman M. Fairchild & the airborne camera -- Plates: East -- Central -- West -- Epilogue: The airplane & the city.".
- catalog extent "127 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1568982992".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Princeton Architectural Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Aerial photographs.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "779/.473 21".
- catalog subject "Aerial photography United States.".
- catalog subject "TR810 .C27 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Sherman M. Fairchild & the airborne camera -- Plates: East -- Central -- West -- Epilogue: The airplane & the city.".
- catalog title "Cities from the sky : an aerial portrait of America / by Thomas J. Campanella ; foreword by Witold Rybczynski.".
- catalog type "Photographs Aerial. fast".
- catalog type "text".