Print, Photographic

1999.782.0273-1

1999.782.0273-1

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.782.0273

Description

Bridge over North Platte at Ft. Steele, 1930 and one neg. Update 2008: Black and white print. Snapshot. 1. One 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 contact print. 2. One 3 5/8 x 5 3/4 print. 3. One 3 5/8 x 6 sheet of film negative. Image of a steel tressel bridge being constructed over a wide river. Painted on the side of the entrance/exit side rail: "American Bridge Co.". Snow on the ground on bank in foreground. Men on bank in center foreground an don bridge at center left. 1. Written on back in pencil: Bridge over North Platte at Fort Steele 1930. Written on original negative at left edge: 622b. Cut down from original size. Edges uneven. 2. Written on front margins in black ink: [top] "622b" "Constr. Ft. Steele Br." [bottom] "186B" "C b4". Mounted on black paper. Second photo torn from back, remnants remain. Brown spring loaded picture corners in top left and lower right. Paper and emulsion wrinkled from adhesive on back; small black dent in lower right. 3. Written in black ink on left side margin: 622b. Several dents in film base. See also 1999.782.0272

Collection

Photograph Collection