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Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection
MSS 0409
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Creator:
Lewis, Leland R.
Title: Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1947 - 1971
Extent:
1.60 linear feet
(4 archive boxes)
Abstract: Aerial photographs of Baja California (Mexico) coastal features, including black-and-white images of points, ports, capes,
bays, and islands, taken by Leland Lewis, a west coast navigator, sailor and author. Port towns represented include Ensenada,
La Paz, Loreto, Mulege, Santa Rosalia, and San Felipe. Many of the images were used to illustrate Lewis's book entitled SEA
GUIDE - BAJA (1971). Although most of the photographs were taken by Lewis from a small plane between 1965 and 1971, some
were collected from earlier governmental and commercial sources. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by location.
Repository:
University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
La Jolla, California 92093-0175
Collection number: MSS 0409
Language of Material:
Collection materials in English
For photographic or digital reproductions of images in this collection, patrons must obtain written permission from Leland
Lewis.
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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Leland Lewis was a navigator who worked aboard west coast tuna clippers and sailed as the skipper of his own schooner. In
1965, he published the first volume of his SEA GUIDE, which covered the Southern California coast from Point Arguello to Punta
Banda, Mexico. The second volume, covering both the Pacific and Gulf of California coasts of Baja California, appeared in
1971. Most of the photographs were taken in the company of Arnold Senterfitt, a pilot and author of AIRPORTS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Leland Lewis Aerial Photographs of Baja California Collection contains images of points, ports, capes, bays, and islands
along the Pacific and Gulf of California coasts of the Baja California peninsula. Most of the images are eight by ten inch
black-and-white photoprints taken from a light plane off the coast. While most of the photographs were taken by Lewis, some
images were collected from commercial and governmental sources. The collection includes images of the towns of Ensenada,
La Paz, Loreto, Mulege, Santa Rosalia, and San Felipe. The photographs, bulk dates between 1965 and 1971, are arranged alphabetically
by location.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lewis, Leland R., -- Archives
Aerial photography in geography -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Pilot guides -- Mexico -- Baja California (Peninsula)
Pilot guides -- California, Southern
Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) -- Pictorial works
Lewis, Leland R. -- Sea Guide