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- Aerial View of Los Angeles Harbor and Part of the Pacific Fleet, circa 1922 - Military aerial reconnaissance during World War I accelerated the evolution of domestic aerial photography after the war. The sprawling city of Los Angeles became an important center for commercial aerial photography. Survey companies like Cross Aerial Photos, which captured this view, created images that remain important documents of the rapid urbanization of Southern California in the 1920s.
- circa 1922
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Aerial View of Los Angeles Harbor and Part of the Pacific Fleet, circa 1922
Military aerial reconnaissance during World War I accelerated the evolution of domestic aerial photography after the war. The sprawling city of Los Angeles became an important center for commercial aerial photography. Survey companies like Cross Aerial Photos, which captured this view, created images that remain important documents of the rapid urbanization of Southern California in the 1920s.