[Trinity River at Meyers Rd.]
Rating
Title
[Trinity River at Meyers Rd.]
Creator
Unknown
Date
December 30 , 1972
Date (ISO)
1972-12-30
Decade
1970-1979
Part Of
Edward C. Fritz papers, 1950s-2008
Place
Irving , 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 between Dallas and Fort Worth . 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] Meyer [sic] Rd .
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2018100 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 ; 20 x 25 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: 6161 w x 4947 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 6161 w x 4947 h, 48-RGB (verso)
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using Epson Expression 10000 XL as 600 ppi, 48-bit, RGB .tif; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled as 3000 pixels on the long edge, 8-bit .jpg
Physical Location
Box 114 , Folder 3
Call Number
A1986.1371
Identifier
1972-12-30_meyers
Upload File Name
a1986_1371_114_03_41c_meyers_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
a1986_1371_114_03_41r_meyers.tif ; a1986_1371_114_03_41v_meyers.tif ; a1986_1371_114_03_41c_meyers.tif
Digital Collection
Edward C. Fritz papers, 1950s-2008
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
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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