[Trinity River at Highway 85, looking north]
Rating
Title
[Trinity River at Highway 85 , looking north]
Creator
Unknown
Date
December 23 , 1972
Date (EDTF)
1972-12-23
Decade
1970-1979
Part Of
Edward C. Fritz papers, 1950s-2008
Place
Dallas , Texas
Description
A photograph of the Trinity River from the papers of Dallas lawyer and conservationist , Ned Fritz , which is one of a batch of prints depicting stretches of the river south of Dallas . The pictures were taken in 1972 at a time when the Trinity River , from Fort Worth and Dallas to Galveston , was under threat of canalization as part of the proposed Trinity River Project . Fritz and the anti-canal group , Citizens ' Organization for a Sound Trinity , were campaigning to preserve the Trinity as a wild river .
Notes
Verso : [handwritten] # 6 Hwy 85 [arrow symbol] N
Related Resources
Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00169/smu-00169.html
Keywords
conservation of natural resources ; environmental policy ; rivers ; Trinity River ; Trinity River Project
Physical Description
1 photographic print : black and white ; 9 x 9 cm
Form/Genre
Gelatin silver prints Photographs Photographic prints
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2013
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 9047 w x 8875 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 9047 w x 8875 h, 48-RGB (verso)
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Master scanned using Epson Expression 10000 XL as 2400 ppi, 48-bit, RGB .tif; derivative resampled as 3000 pixels on the long edge, 8-bit .jpg
Physical Location
Box 114 , Folder 3
Call Number
A1986.1371
Identifier
1972-12-23_hi85n
Upload File Name
a1986_1371_114_03_08c_hi85n_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
a1986_1371_114_03_08r_hi85n.tif ; a1986_1371_114_03_08v_hi85n.tif ; a1986_1371_114_03_08c_hi85n.tif
Digital Collection
Edward C. Fritz papers, 1950s-2008
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
This item may be protected by copyright law . Please cite the DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University as the source of this file . For more information contact degolyer@smu.edu .
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