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Urban Grid and Railway Lines (1927)

An aerial view of a densely populated urban grid with prominent railway lines cutting diagonally through the neighborhoods. — Urban Grid and Railway Lines (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

This 1927 aerial photograph perfectly illustrates the collision of early rail and modern development. Hall captured the dense urban grid of this California city, intersected cleanly by major diagonal railway lines.