H69.459.2114

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Andrew J. Russell

Devil's Gate, Dale Creek Canyon

1869

Stereographic collodion glass plate negative

5 HIGH x 7.8125 WIDE x 0.1875 DEEP
(12.7 HIGH x 0.48 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.2114

inscription: "117 Devil's Gate. Dale Creek Canyon," is handwritten in ink on paper tape covering the top and bottom edge of a second piece of glass that supports the negative. "No [2]8 Devils Gate Dale Creek Cannon," inscribed in the emulsion along the top edge of the negative.

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History

Photograph. Title: No 28 Devils Gate Dale Creek Cannon (scratched on negative). Image Description: (s117) See title. Physical Description: Stereographic collodion glass plate negative, 5"X8". Sub. Cat.: Transportation -- Railroads. Remarks: Title from Prof. S.J. Sedgwick's "Catalogue" : Devil's Gate, Dale Creek Kanyon.

"28 is an early number. 117 is the later number for this negative." Remarks per Glenn Willumson for the NEA Russell Grant, July 2013 - June 2015.

This work (by Andrew J. Russell), identified by Oakland Museum of California, is free of known copyright restrictions.

Used: Union Pacific Railroad

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