Fotografo Arthur Prentiss. Fotografia antigua John Day Highway Oregon .USA
Esta foto representa otra de las autopistas de Oregón la John Day River Highway exactamente en "John Day River and rim Rocks. John Day Highway in Wheeler County".
Prentiss recoge aqui la vista de esta otra ruta de Oregón proxima a la Columbia River Highway y que se cruza con la US Route 395.
La desolación del paisaje, no exenta de belleza por la proximidad del río, nos muestra la dificultad de los trabajos de abrir nuevas carreteras en la zona oeste de Estados Unidos, del Estado de Oregón.
Prentiss, fotógrafo afincado en Oregón tuvo su principal estudio en Portland. Anteriormente compartió estudio con Benjamin Gifford y George Weister.
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This photo is another of Oregon's highways the "John Day River Highway" exactly the point"John Day River and rim Rocks. John Day Highway in Wheeler County."
Prentiss takes the view here is another Oregon Trail near the Columbia River Highway and intersects with U.S. Route 395.
The desolation of the landscape, not without its beauty by the proximity of the river, shows the difficulty of the work to open new roads in the western U.S. state of Oregon.
Prentiss, a photographer based in Oregon had its main studio in Portland. Previously shared a studio with George Benjamin Gifford and Weist.
....The Angelus Studio photographs collection is comprised of: glass plate,
nitrate, and safety negatives; original and reprinted photographs, and
logbooks from the photographic studios of George M. Weister (1862-1922),
Arthur M. Prentiss (dates undetermined) and the Angelus Commercial
Photo Company of Portland, Oregon. The history of the company, and the
relationships between the photographers represented, is complex and not
yet fully understood
............Arthur M. Prentiss joined the Weister Company in 1913 as a photographer
and secretary-treasurer. In 1917 Prentiss established Gifford and
Prentiss, Inc. with noted Oregon photographer Benjamin A. Gifford
(1859-1936). Following Weister's death in 1922 Prentiss acquired
Weister's studio and collection of negatives.
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...The collection consists of nine albums and some loose images. Eight of
the albums are official U.S. Army documentation of the spruce production
effort, and include many photographs by Prentiss, some by Kinsey, and
some by Cress-Dale.....
......Because of its extraordinary scenic beauty and its historic significance as atransportation corridor, the Columbia River Gorge has been photographed continuously for nearly 150 years. In Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867 – 1957, the Portland Art Museum showcases more than 250 images chronicling the beauty and changing character of this dramatic passage of the Columbia River..............
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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.)