Tulare Valley, California; gathering flowers in February,
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Title |
Tulare Valley, California; gathering flowers in February, |
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Creator |
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 |
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Date |
ca. 1868 |
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Decade |
1860-1869 |
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Part Of |
Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel |
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Place |
California |
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Description |
This is plate 122 in a series of views by Alexander Gardner made in 1867 and 1868 starting in St. Louis, Missouri through Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona to San Francisco, California. Series made for the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division later renamed the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Gardner accompanied the survey party seeking the best southern route for the railroad going through Kansas along the old Santa Fe Trail south to Albuquerque, then west along the 35th parallel to the Tehachapi Pass before heading north to San Francisco. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, soldiers, Native Americans, other people, forts, vegetation, geological formations, rivers, plains, mountain ranges, and railroad construction. The series is significant as the earliest comprehensive U.S. western landscape survey. |
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Notes |
Alex. Gardner, Photographer, 511 Seventh Street, Washington. No. 122. |
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Related Resources |
MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855396 |
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Keywords |
visual arts; U.S. West; California |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 15 x 20.3 cm. on 30.3 x 45.7 cm. mount |
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Form/Genre |
Photographic prints
Albumen prints
Landscape photographs
Portfolios |
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Digital Resource Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2006 |
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Digital Format |
Displayed as image/jp2; uploaded as image/jpg |
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Archival File Resolution |
Archival scan: 1200 dpi |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: scanned at 1200 ppi; derivatives: shadow detail adjusted and image resized at 3000 pixels wide in Photoshop. |
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Call Number |
Ag1982.0214x |
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Upload File Name |
ag1982_0214x_122_opt.jpg |
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Archival File Name(s) |
00000122.tif |
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Digital Collection |
U.S. West: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints |
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Library |
DeGolyer Library |
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Publisher |
Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University |
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Rights |
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu. |
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