Photograph, Black-and-White

Name/Title

Photograph, Black-and-White

Entry/Object ID

2009.10.4.14

Description

Black-and-White photograph showing two people "surveying" on a horse-drawn float. The float features a painted backdrop of a road, with a sign reading, "Road Building Through the Wilderness." Two signs on the side of the float read, "There remain to be improved in Northern N.Y. 5671 mi. of State Road," and "State highway constructed in 1914 - 1167 mi. at a cost of 19,647,413[?]." An unidentified house can be seen behind the float. Part of a 1915 Winter Carnival photograph album. See 2009.10.4 for album. See 2009.10.4.1 - 2009.10.4.76 for photographs contained in album.

Made/Created

Date made

1915

Place

City

Saranac Lake

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Winter carnivals, Parades & processions, Floats (Parades), Surveyors, Surveying

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-3/4 in