Center of building from north end, showing remains of wet gun cotton [?]
Rating
Title
Center of building from north end , showing remains of wet gun cotton [?]
Creator
Unknown
Contributors
Converse, George Albert, 1844-1909
Date
July 3 , 1893
Date (EDTF)
1893-07-03
Decade
1890-1899
Part Of
George Albert Converse papers and photographs, 1861-1897
Series
Series 2: Photographs and Printed Material Ruins of gun cotton factory
Place
Newport , R . I .
Description
This is 1 of 12 photographs appended to the July 14 , 1893 report submitted by George Converse , Lieutenant Duncan Kennedy , Lieutenant George F . W . Holman , and Lieutenant R . C . Smith . It shows a view of the center of the building at the gun cotton factory at the Naval Torpedo Station seen from the north end showing remains of wet gun cotton . This cannot be confirmed .
Notes
[Typed on envelope label] Ruins of gun cotton factory [handwritten] #47 . G . A. Converse Papers , Photos , Ruins of a gun cotton factory after explosion . Date and title derived from Annual Reports of the Navy Department : Report of the Secretary of the Navy , 1893 , p . 274 , 277 .
Related Resources
Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00106/smu-00106.html
Keywords
U . S . Navy ; United States Navy ; ordnance ; Naval Manufacture ; explosions ; gun-cotton factories
Physical Description
1 photographic print : 14.9 x 20.2 cm on 21 x 27.3 cm mount
Form/Genre
Photographs Photographic prints
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2013
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 6456 w x 4971 h pixels, 48-bit RGB
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB; derivative cropped, exposure adjusted, and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Physical Location
Box 2 ; Folder 3
Call Number
MSS 0068
Upload File Name
mss_0068_2_3_08_factory_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
mss_0068_2_3_08_factory.tif
Digital Collection
George Albert Converse Papers and Photographs, 1861-1897
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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