This photograph taken from an airplane in 1934 depicts Charles River and Cambridge, east from the train yards and west to De Wolfe Street. Eliot House, Winthrop House (consisting of the Standish and Gore quadrangle buldings) and Leverett House are in the foreground. Widener Library, Cambridge Common, Massachusetts Avenue, Oxford Street, and Memorial Hall are visible in the background, and the view extends further northward into Cambridge.

Taken from Holyoke Center, this photograph presents a bird's-eye view of Cambridge, the Charles River, and Boston. Within that field of view are chiefly buildings belonging to Harvard University including the river houses, the Harvard Stadium, and the Harvard Business School.