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Other rare aerial collections

This companion catalog is separate from the complete 1925 survey. It concentrates on 20 uncommon institutional records: pre-hurricane aerial surveys, immediate post-storm aerial damage photography, early Miami Beach/Coral Gables views, and archival collections that are easy to miss in ordinary hurricane research.

Explore the complete survey: the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s online 1925 Underwood & Underwood survey contains an index map and 341 surviving photographic frames, with repository credit and missing-frame accounting presented here. Open 1925 aerial survey

What this catalog contains: 20 additional verified records spanning pre-hurricane surveys, immediate post-storm damage views, military/federal photography and less-frequently reproduced institutional collections. The strongest holdings include Florida Memory, the Library of Congress, University of Miami collections, the 1924 Miami aerial set identified by FIU researchers, and early Coral Gables/Chapman Field material.