When I was selling Eastern Shore real estate in the early 1980’s, my friend, mentor, and broker Reggie Jones, kept a sales book featuring aerial views of various Kent Island neighborhoods, subdivisions, and properties. When I was writing my 2010 book, Remembering Kent Island: Stories from the Chesapeake, Reggie was one of my interview sources. Not only did Reggie share with me his knowledge and stories of Kent Island, he gave me his book of aerial photographs. Reggie told me that the pilot for these flights was Ace Allen, and though some of the photos were noted to be taken in the late 1960’s, most were mislabeled and actually were photographs from the early 1980’s as evidenced by the existence of Hardee’s, Kent Island’s first modern fast food drive- through, and the now extinct Pizza Hut, as well Queens Landing condominiums and various other landmarks.
Without being able to accurately date all of the following photographs, I’m presenting some of Reggie’s collection here with the assumption most were taken around 1980-83, and with nothing more than the location (mostly) as written on the back of the original picture.
Thanks for the pics, Reggie, and for all the friendship you’ve shown me over the years.
Bay Bridge, Rt.8., Thompson’s Creek
Thompson’s Creek, Kent Manor Inn
Shopping Center, Rt.50, Harbor View
Cox Creek, Harbor View, Rt.50
Kent Island Shopping Center, Rt.50, Catholic Church
Harbor View
Queen’s Landing
Chester & the Chester River
Chester
Goodhands Creek, Hog Island, Prospect Bay, upper left – Kent Narrows
Dominion
Marling Farms
Turkey Point (now Southwinds)
Tower Gardens
Crayford, Kentmoor Airpark and Shipping Creek
Cloverfields
Love Point
easternshorebrent 
great pics… thanks Brent
Thanks, Jac
Hey do you know the Lees of dominion? They been forever I grew up on david whers seafood where my grandfather tucker crabbed
I do know the Lees. And I used to work for Dave Wehrs when he was down there!
these are fantastic… my son who goes to KI HS (senior) just started an ariel drone photography business and it would be great to take current high definition photos with the drone and compare them to these!
Glad you enjoyed, Dave, and thanks for taking the time to comment! Since this is a free blog, I can’t afford to patronize your son’s new business (though I wish him good luck!), but if he ever wanted to contribute updated pics, I’d post a new blog, give your son and his business photo credits, and promote his new business with a link and/or advertisement. Thanks again for commenting and I hope you’ll stick with my blog. If you follow, you’ll get e-mail updates when a new post is up, and I try to post once a week. Cheers –
dang missed our old house by one house in the Chester shot. Thanks for sharing.
I’ll keep looking, maybe I have one somewhere that will include your old house, Larry.
Nice collection of aerial photos. Were they part of a collection?
Haha! I should have read the full description! 😋
Thanks, Bob! Glad you enjoyed!
Cool pics, Brent. It’d be interesting to see these matched up with current Google earth images.
I hope to do that (or take new aerial shots) for a future post! Thanks for commenting!
Fantastic photos! In the 80s I played Little League on the Island and I believe Reggie Jones was my asst. coach. His son Willard was on my team
Glad you enjoyed, and thanks for taking the time to comment. Reggie is a great guy and I got a nice facebook message from Willard letting me know he appreciated the post! Hope you continue to follow easternshorebrent.
Great pic! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Jonie!
Wow, am soooo homesick, will always love “the Island”, though it has grown and changed so much. Coming back one day, thanks for the photos and for sharing our wonderful shore Brent!
Lori
Thanks,Lori – glad you enjoyed and glad you took the time to let me know!
Awesome photos , thanks for sharing
Thank you for taking the time to comment! Hope you continue to enjoy!
Enjoyed the pics it takes me back to when I worked there and all the fun we had there.Miss all the waterman and the drovers.RIP
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for taking the time to let me know!
Awesome photos Brent! I had forgotten how much some of those areas have changed!
Look how many work boats there were down the shore (Thompson’s Creek) back then….Wow!
Pretty cool, huh?
thanks for the pics.i worked those waters for 10 years,looks alot different from the air.keep em coming.
Thanks Steve – glad you enjoyed!
I’m glad to get to see these photos, Brent. Thanks for posting them in your blog!
Thank you, Gail! Hope you’re having a nice summer!
Brings back memories of a childhood growing up on the peaceful island without all of the commercializing
Glad you liked the pictures! Thanks for commenting!
I remember seeing several of these prints that Reggie had hanging in the office when we worked there together around 1986. It seems like a life time ago. I’ve been away from the Island for 20 years now. I miss seeing the Bay every day. When I do get a chance to get down that way the changes and growth are unbelievable!
That was many years ago, but sometimes seems like yesterday. There have definitely been tons of change. Last time I saw him though, Reggie’s still Reggie!