JPL From Above, 1950

This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th anniversary of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Oct. 31, 2016.

This aerial image of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was taken in September 1950, when the lab's main patron was the U.S. Army.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21116