At the Lowndes County Historical Museum we have a large variety of local photographs in our archives. Some of the images that best represent Valdosta’s growth and history are those taken from above. Here is just a sample of the many aerial photographs housed in the museum.
Downtown Valdosta
- Downtown Valdosta looking east, 1940s
- Downtown Valdosta, looking north west, 1960s
- Downtown Valdosta looking north, 1970s
- Downtown Valdosta looking north, 1989
Valdosta State University
Aerial images illustrate the drastic growth of Valdosta State University from it’s humble beginnings as the Georgia State Womans College.
- Conceptual line drawing of college campus in Valdosta.
- Valdosta State, 1964
- Valdosta State, 1967
- Valdosta State, 1972
Valdosta from the Air
- View of Ashley Street looking north, 1960s
- Pendleton Park in the 1960s, also visible is Pineview General Hospital (SGMC), and the VSU North Campus
- The convergence of Ashley Street and Bemiss Road, 1960s
- Rural Remerton Aerial