(en) Photographer Arthur Prentiss. Vintage photography Oregon.
"Heavy construction near Mitchell Point". This is the title of the photograph that reflects one of the difficult places through which passes the Columbia River Highway.
The engineers who designed this highway were inspired by the Swiss mountain roads.
The highway was built in the State of Oregon in the early twentieth century and took more than 10 years in its completion.
The engineer who excelled in his work was Samuel Lancaster and financial sponsor was Samuel Hill.Prentiss was an Oregon photographer best known for his photographs of the Far West and in the present case he documented the construction of this beautiful highway.
Prentiss photos are among the collection of the FSA (Farm Security Administration) U.S. one of the document collections in the world
Links
- Wikipedia Arthur Prentiss
- Wikipedia Columbia River Highway
- Wikipedia Sam Hill
- Wikipedia Columbia River Gorge
- Full album photo
- 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.
- Search Library Congress Arthur Prentiss
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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.)