Minnesota Aerial Photography in the National Archives

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National Archives Cartographic and Architectural Records
The National Archives holdings include aerial imagery of Minnesota from the mid-1930s to 1954; while these items are not available online, information about ordering reproductions is available on their site

The table below lists of Minnesota aerial photography from the 1930s held in the National Archives

P - partial coverage (#__) - Numbered items refer to special project surveys
County	Symbol	Year	Agency		County	Symbol	Year	Agency
Aitkin	BXN	39	ASCS		Marshall	BXY	39	ASCS
Anoka	BIM	38	ASCS		Martin	BJD	39	ASCS
Becker	BXO	39	ASCS		Meeker	BJE	38	ASCS
Beltrami	CIN	39	ASCS		Mille Lacs	BXZ	39	ASCS
Benton	CIN	38	ASCS		Morrison	BYA	39	ASCS
Big Stone	BIO	38	ASCS		Mower (#75)	None	34P	ASCS
Blue Earth	BIP	39	ASCS		Mower	UY	38	ASCS
Brown	BIQ	39	ASCS		Murray	BJF	38	ASCS
Carlton	BXP	39	ASCS		Nicollet	BJG	38	ASCS
Carver	WM	38	ASCS		Nobles	BJH	38	ASCS
Cass	BXQ	39	ASCS		Norman	BYB	39	ASCS
Chippewa	BIR	39	ASCS		Olmsted (#75)	None	34P	ASCS
Chisago	BIS	38	ASCS		Olmsted	WB	37	ASCS
Clay	BXR	39	ASCS		Otter Tail	DA	38P	ASCS
Clearwater	BXS	39	ASCS		Otter Tail	DA	39P	ASCS
Cook (#243)	FX	37P	FS		Pennington	BYC	39	ASCS
Cook	CIT	40P	ASCS		Pine	BYD	39	ASCS
Cottonwood	BIT	38	ASCS		Pipestone	BJI	38	ASCS
Crow Wing	BXT	39	ASCS		Polk	BYE	39	ASCS
Dakota	WK	37	ASCS		Pope	BJJ	38	ASCS
Dodge	WC	37	ASCS		Ramsey	WO	38	ASCS
Douglas	BIU	38	ASCS		Red Lake	BYF	39	ASCS
Faribault	BIV	38	ASCS		Redwood	BSE	38	ASCS
Fillmore	None	34P	ASCS		Renville	BJK	38	ASCS
Fillmore	VZ	38	ASCS		Rice (#201)	None	35P	ASCS
Freeborn	VX	38	ASCS		Rice	WG	38	ASCS
Goodhue	WH	38	ASCS		Rock	DG	36	ASCS
Grant	BIW	38	ASCS		Roseau	BYG	40	ASCS
Hennepin	WN	37	ASCS		St. Louis (#243)	FX	37P	FS
Houston (#24)	None	35P	ASCS		St. Louis	CIR	40P	ASCS
Houston	WA	38	ASCS		Scott	WJ	37	ASCS
Hubbard	BXU	39	ASCS		Sherburne	BJL	38	ASCS
Isanti	BIX	38	ASCS		Sibley	BJM	39	ASCS
Itasca	CIP	39	ASCS		Stearns	BJN	38	ASCS
Jackson	BIY	38	ASCS		Steele	WD	38	ASCS
Kanabec	BXV	39	ASCS		Stevens	BJO	38	ASCS
Kandiyohi	BIZ	38	ASCS		Swift	BJP	38	ASCS
Kittson	BXW	40	ASCS		Todd	BYH	39	ASCS
Koochiching	CIO	40	ASCS		Traverse	BJQ	38	ASCS
Lac Qui Parle	BJA	38	ASCS		Wabasha	WI	38	ASCS
Lake (#243)	FX	37P	FS		Wadena	BYI	39	ASCS
Lake	CIS	39	ASCS		Waseca	WE	38	ASCS
Lake of the   Woods	CIQ	40	ASCS		Washington	CCZ	38	ASCS
Le Sueur	WF	38	ASCS		Watonwan	BJR	39	ASCS
Lincoln	BJB	38	ASCS		Wilkin	BYJ	39	ASCS
Lyon	BJC	38	ASCS		Winona	CS	36	ASCS
McLeod	WL	38	ASCS		Wright	WP	37	ASCS
Mahnomen	BXX	39	ASCS		Yellow   Medicine	BJS	38	ASCS
P - partial coverage (#__) - Numbered items refer to special project surveys
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