About the Collection
There are 41 aerial view photographs taken by Lloyd M. Long in the 1930s and 1940s in this collection. The photographs include images of Dallas, Mountain Creek Lake, White Rock Lake, and the Trinity River. Most of the photographs are taken at an oblique angle. There are two aerial surveys (multiple photographs that fit together to make one overall image) of White Rock Lake and the White Rock Creek area.
Long was interested in civil engineering and industrial subject matter, exemplified in the images of the Trinity River levee system, the KRLD and WBAP radio transmitters, the Carrollton Dam, and the Mountain Creek General Station. Of note are the images of the flooding of the Trinity River in 1941.
These photographs are part of the Foscue Map Collection. Regional historian George Cearley identified essential features in the photos such as major roads, railways, and landmarks. In the digital collection, there are two versions of each image, labeled and unlabeled. Labeled images include George Cearley's annotations, which appear below the image. Each image contains a link to the corresponding labeled or unlabeled photograph.
Below is a composite image of the 1949 aerial survey of White Rock Lake by Lloyd Long.
