The Maps Section collects aerial photography and aerial photomaps only for the city of Chicago and its surrounding metropolitan area. This guide to the Maps Section's major sets includes information on the geographic area, the date, the physical format, the indexing tool, the scale and the call number of each set of images. Additional individual images are listed in UICCAT.
| Chicago (city only) |
Scale 1:3,000 |
paper enlargement |
| 1968 |
G4104 .C6A4 s3 .C6 |
| 1973 |
G4104 .C6A4 s3 .C61 |
The index map for each set is filed in the first folder of the series. The sheets are filed by their numeric-alpha sheet designations.
| Chicago (city only) |
Scale 1:10,200 |
photographic print |
| 1978 |
G4104 .C6A4 1978 .C6 |
Vertical File |
The index atlas for this set is available at the Documents and Map Desk. The photographs are filed by the flight line and the image number.
| Chicago (city only) |
Scale 1:5,040 |
film positive |
| 1983 |
G4104 .C6A4 1983 .C6 |
Vertical File |
The index atlas for this set is available at the Documents and Map Desk. The photographs are filed by the flight line and the image number.
| Chicago (city only) |
Scale 1:3,000 |
paper enlargement |
| 1994 |
G4104 .C6A4 s3 .K8 |
The index map for this set is filed in the first folder of the set. The sheets are filed by Township, Range, and Section numbers.
| Cook Co. (partial coverage) |
Scale not given |
enlarged photographic print |
| ca. 1953-1963 |
G4103 .C7A4 ... |
(aisle 8e) |
(No coverage for areas east of Halsted St.; incomplete coverage for areas west of Halsted St.)
The index map for this set is filed in the first folder of the series. The sheets are filed by their sheet number and letter.
| Chicago and NE Illinois |
Scale 1:4,800 |
paper enlargment |
| 1980 |
G4102 .N6A4 s4 .S5 |
| 1990 |
G4102 .N6A4 s4 .G46 |
| 2001 |
in process
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The index map for these sets is filed in the first drawer of the 1980 series. The sheets are filed by Township, Range and Section number. Each sheet covers four sections; see the section filing diagram on the index map for the filing sequence.
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