Forest Lawn Cemetery & Delaware Park

Aerial view of a city neighborhood with grid-pattern housing next to a large park with winding paths, wooded areas, and lakes.

Title

Western New York Aerial Photograph Collection

Description

Photographs, Black and White ; 24 x 18 cm.

The image shows an aerial survey photograph combining dense residential development and open parkland. The upper and left portions display a neighborhood arranged in a grid of streets, with a few diagonal roads intersecting. A roundabout and several larger buildings are visible within the residential area. The lower and right sections are occupied by a large park with wooded areas, curved roads, and an extensive network of winding paths forming circular and irregular patterns. A large lake with islands and adjacent landscaped grounds is visible in the upper right. The number “8226-184” is written in the top right corner, and the bottom right corner is labeled “Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc N.Y.C.”.

Creator

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., New York, N.Y.

University at Buffalo Map Collection

Publisher

State University of New York at Buffalo

University at Buffalo, University Libraries

Date

April 30, 1927

Contributor

University Libraries. Arts & Sciences Libraries.

Rights

Format

18555744 Bytes

LIB-ASL005-8226-184.tif

Type

Photographs

Image; Still image

Identifier

LIB-ASL005-8226-184

LIB-ASL005

Collection

Aerial Photographs of Western New York

Citation

Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., New York, N.Y. and University at Buffalo Map Collection, “Forest Lawn Cemetery & Delaware Park,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 10, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/300.