Waldo County Soil & Water Conservation District inherited this collection from the USDA. Aerial photographs such as these were first used in the 1930s, to assist with the new programs set up under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of the Depression Era New Deal. After World War II, they were used to monitor compliance with agricultural crop programs.
We are pleased to be able to offer the 1938-1939 collection digitally and invite Waldo County landowners, researchers and others to explore it for their own land use analysis purposes, or just out of historical curiosity. The physical photos are stored at our office in Belfast, Maine, where visitors are welcome to view them by appointment. We thank the Maine State Library for its generous assistance adding the collection to the Digital Maine Repository.
