COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc20130820_emmons003.tif
Identifier:
cc20130820_emmons003.tif
Title:
Lookout Tower, views from below
Creator:
Emmons, Earl, 1888-1949
Subject:
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Subject:
Fire extinction
Subject:
Harney Peak (S.D.)
Summary:
Earl Emmons accepted a one-year position in 1920 staffing a fire tower in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This subseries has negatives working for the United States Forest Service in the Black Hills National Forest in southwestern South Dakota in 1920 and 1921. Several of the South Dakota history negatives were titled within the image in ink by Emmons, who included his distinctive monogram of an H with elongated serifs and crossbar, suggesting that he might have intended to market them.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Date of Original:
1920 approximate
Date of Digitization:
2013 - 08
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
photographs
Digital File Format:
tiff
Physical Format:
glass plate negatives
Dimensions of Original:
12.4 x 10.1 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
CSC 065 "Box 9"
Library Collection:
Earl H. Emmons Collection
Digital Project:
2019_0025_emmons
Place:
South Dakota
Rights:
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