Fotografo Arthur Prentiss. Fotografía antigua Oregon. Columbia River Highway.
"Heavy construction near Mitchell point". Este el título de la fotografía que recoge uno de los dificiles sitios por donde discurre la Columbia River Highway.
Los ingenieros que diseñaron esta autopista se inspiraron en las carreteras suizas de alta montaña.
La autopista se construyó en el Estado de Oregón a principios del siglo XX tardándose más de 10 años en su terminación.
El ingeniero que mas destacó en su obra fue Samuel Lancaster y el promotor financiero fue Samuel Hill.
Prentiss era un fotógrafo de Oregón muy reconocido por sus fotografías del lejano Oeste y que, en el presenta caso, nos documentó la construccion de esta bella autopista.
Fotos de Prentiss se encuentran dentro de la colección de la FSA (Farm Security Administration) americana uno de los fondos documentales más importantes del mundo.
En ( google translator)
"Heavy construction near Mitchell Point". The title of the photograph that reflects one of the difficult sites through which runs the Columbia River Highway.
The engineers who designed this highway were inspired by the Swiss high mountain roads.
The highway was built in the State of Oregon in the early twentieth century tardándose over 10 years in its completion.
The engineer who most excelled in his work was Samuel Lancaster and financial promoter was Samuel Hill.
Prentiss Oregon was a photographer well known for his photographs of the far West and in the present case, we documented the construction of this beautiful highway.
Prentiss photos are in the collection of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) American one of the most important documentary collections in the world
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- Collections with Prentiss vintage photographs (alone and in associaton with Gifford)
- Angelus Studio Photograps University of Oregon. Historic Photographs Collections: George Weister founded the studio, and had negatives dating back to 1872. He worked as an official photographer for a railroad company. The bulk of his work was commercial photography. According to the typewritten paper, and ms notes, he died in 1918 or 1922 or 1923. Upon Weister's death (or disability) he sold his studio to Arthur Prentiss, who had worked for him since 1910 ( Oregon Photographers by Thomas Robinson)
- Brice P. Disque Photographs. University of Oregon Historic Photograph collections
- Gerald W. Williams Collection Oregon State Libraries University Archives
- Kiser Photo Co. Photographes. Oregon State Libraries University Archives
- Gifford’s Photographes Collection. Oregon State Libraries University Archives
- Photographs by Prentiss are included in the "Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection" hold in the Library of Congres. These photographs are a National Landmark of the history of the United States:The black-and-white photographs of the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection are a landmark in the history of documentary photography. The images show Americans at home, at work, and at play, with an emphasis on rural and small-town life and the adverse effects of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and increasing farm mechanization. Some of the most famous images portray people who were displaced from farms and migrated West or to industrial cities in search of work.
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[between 1935 and 1942] | 1 negative | Prentiss, Arthur M.
LC-USF34- 014442-C [P&P] | LC-USF34-014442-C (b&w film nitrate neg.) -
[between 1935 and 1942] | 1 negative | Prentiss, Arthur M.
LC-USF34- 014443-C [P&P] | LC-USF34-014443-C (b&w film nitrate neg.)