Maine GIS
User Group's Virtual Lunch & Learn Event
The Sewall Company Aerial Photographs Collection at UMaine Special Collections
Speaker: Paul
Smitherman, University of Maine Fogler Library
When:
Tuesday, June
22, 2021, from Noon - 1pm
Eastern Time
(US and Canada)
Location:
Online
Free event - RSVP required
- Register here:
In October of 2019, Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine received a donation of over 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images from the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, Maine. The collection contains original aerial photography
of Maine and New England captured by Sewall over the span of 65 years. The archive will offer researchers and the public a vast collection that details changes to Maine’s landscapes and cities over the decades. This talk will provide a brief overview of the
collection and its history, and the current status of efforts to digitize the photographs and make them available. A survey will be provided to offer attendees an opportunity for suggestions about potential uses for the images.
us02web.zoom.us
Event Information:
Free event, registration required. Speaker: Paul Smitherman, University of Maine Fogler Library In October of 2019, Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine received a donation of over 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images
from the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, Maine.
megug.org
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In October of 2019, Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine received a donation of over 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images from the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, Maine. The collection contains original aerial photography
of Maine and New England captured by Sewall over the span of 65 years. The archive will offer researchers and the public a vast collection that details changes to Maine’s landscapes and cities over the decades. This talk will provide a brief overview of the
collection and its history, and the current status of efforts to digitize the photographs and make them available. A survey will be provided to offer attendees an opportunity for suggestions about potential uses for the images.
us02web.zoom.us
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Free event, registration required. Speaker: Paul Smitherman, University of Maine Fogler Library In October of 2019, Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine received a donation of over 3,000 rolls of film containing about 1 million aerial images
from the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, Maine.
megug.org
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Laura Teisl
GIS Analyst
M: +1. 207.949.9094 | T: +1. 207.817.5490 | F: +1. 207.827.3641 | E: laura.teisl@sewall.com
136 Center Street | PO Box 433 | Old Town, Maine 04468 | www.sewall.com
