Collection of Twenty-Eight Mostly Aerial Photographs Taken in Texas and the Surrounding States c. 1930s, Including a Portrait of Slats Rogers.
Mostly Texas: 1930s-1940s. Twenty eight photographs, twenty of which are 8 x 10, the others 5 x 7 ½. Some light wear, near fine overall. Near Fine. Item #List817
We find scant information on W.I. Grieve, an aerial photographer who worked in Texas and the surrounding states in the late 1930s for the Kargl Aerial survey and the affiliated Edgar Tobin Aerial Survey Company. This collection of mostly aerial photographs, from a single estate, bear his credits to some of the versos. We find records of his work on a 1939 survey of the San Antonio region, and these photographs are from the same period, when the aforementioned companies undertook large scale surveying projects of Texas and the surrounding areas, largely commissioned by oil companies.
The photographs here are varied, with some examples of commercial aerial photography, and more interestingly, several photographs that Grieve took on his travels. One photograph shows the pilot “Slats” Rogers in McAllen, Texas in 1935. Rogers was a famed stunt flier and smuggler who operated the “The Lunatics of Love Field” troupe in the 1920s. Other photographs show scenery in Texas and Louisiana, including the interior of the salt mines at Grand Salina, another shows a church in Reynosa in Mexico. There are also several photographs taken from the plane that are not commercial aerial images, including two images of a fire at an oil field and another of a meandering river. Overall an interesting and evocative group of images.
Price: $875.00
Status: On Hold