Aerial View of Coastal San Diego County and Railway Corridor (Circa 1928)

An aerial view framed past an aircraft wing showing a coastal Southern California town, beach bluffs, and freight trains on the tracks. — Aerial View of Coastal San Diego County and Railway Corridor (Circa 1928) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Continuing his aerial survey of the Southern California coastline, Donald A. Hall Sr. photographed this sweeping view of coastal Del Mar and the Pacific shore looking across the fabric wing surface. The image documents early seaside community development, showing residential Craftsman cottages, the coast highway, coastal sandstone cliffs, and a long string of freight cars stationed along the coastal rail corridor.