A series of aerial photographs taken from a helicopter by Margaret Bourke-White for LIFE magazine, 1951. Many of them are of industrial or 'ordinary' views; it is such testament to her skill as a photographer that even these are incredibly striking and/or absolutely beautiful.
Grape harvest in a vineyard near Fresno, California. Source
A freight train travelling through the El Cajon pass near San Diego, California. Source
Horseback riders on Ocean Beach, California. Source
Grain elevator with barges, Chicago. Source
New York City, with bus terminal in foreground. Source
Farm workers harvesting onions, Burbank, California. Source
The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth in the NYC harbour. Source
Smoke and smokestacks at a US steel plant, Gary, Indiana. Source
Tract housing, San Francisco. Source
The Coronado Hotel, San Diego, California. Source
A bridge crossing a river in Chicago. Source
Oil storage tanks, Houston, Texas. Source
Trains in Chicago. Source
Smoke coming from the chimneys of a paper mill, Houston, Texas. Source
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. Source
Water skiers and motorboats in the ocean at Long Beach, California. Source
San Jacinto monument, Houston, Texas. Source
A segment of the Whitestone bridge, New York. Source
Tourists poking out of the crown of the Statue of Liberty, NYC. Source
A grain elevator and rail yard, Chicago. Source
Grain elevator and rail yard, Chicago. Source
Snow geese flying over Back Bay, Virginia, USA. Source
Riders on the shore as waves roll in against Ocean Beach, California. Source
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