Oblique airphoto view west taken in 1959 over NYS Thruway exit 24 and Adirondack Northway-interstate 90 interchange.
A largely undisturbed area of the Albany Pine Bush is seen in the center of the picture on both sides of the NYS Thruway (construction completed in 1953); Washington Avenue extension was not yet built, and the City of Albany Rapp Road landfill had yet to appear. The mouth of the Mohawk Valley and the City of Schenectady are located in the upper right in the far distance.
The black line crossing the image in the upper part is an ink line drawn on the original photo, marking the location of the western boundary of the City of Albany.
From the archive of Don Reeb.

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