Vintage May 1919 Aerial Photo of Place de la Concord, Paris, France For Sale

Vintage May 1919 Aerial Photo of Place de la Concord, Paris, France

Photos from the collection of George Washington Polk Jr., born 13 May 1889, Died 27 July 1976. He was a Colonel in the US Army Air Corps/US Air Force and served in both WWI and WWII. He spent the early part of his carreer in the midwest where he was a civil engineer by trade until his enlistment in the US Army Air Corps in 1917, after his service in WW1 he was stationed in the early to mid1920\'s in Hawaii and then the Canal Zone in the late 20\'s, he moved to Ohio in the 1930\'s serving as a US Army Air Corp instructor before being stationed in Alaska during WWII and finally settling in Southern California.  Over his career he flew hundreds of domestic and international mapping and aerial survey missions and amassed a massive collection of photgraphs from around the world.  We recently purchased the estate of one of his relatives who kept and preserved some of his history including these particular albums. We have additional historical photographs from later periods which we will be listing soon so please check back or subscribe to our store for notifications