Aerial View of Point Loma and San Diego Bay (1927)

An authentic aerial photograph from an aircraft showing a wing strut and the Point Loma peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean at the entrance to San Diego Bay. — Aerial View of Point Loma and San Diego Bay (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

An exceptional 1927 aerial negative taken by Chief Engineer Donald A. Hall Sr. from a Ryan monoplane in flight. The frame captures the distinctive geographical ridge of the Point Loma peninsula, Ballast Point, and the entrance channel to San Diego Bay, with an aircraft wing strut visible in the foreground.