On September 25, 1924 an unknown photographer made passes along the Kingston waterfront, from the west, to the east and north into the Inner Harbour then carrying on to Cedar Island. The remarkable black & white photographs are part of the Queen's University Library, with the negatives held in the National Air Photo Library in Ottawa.
By clicking on the red dots on this Queen's webpage shown above in the photo key, a high-resolution photo can be viewed and/or downloaded. Here's an example - as always, click for a larger version You are there!
Some years ago, I'd visited Queen's Joseph S. Stauffer Library where these photos were held. The staff kindly photocopied them for me, and they've proved to be invaluable in learning about, and modelling 'Kingston's Hanley Spur'.
Another set of well-known aerial photos was taken by Billy Bishop and William Barker's air service in 1919, promoted by Kingston Frameworks in 2019. Duck, parishioners!
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