Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie

Due to a malfunction inside Platt's camera, the majority of his first 8,000 images, dating from 1919 to 1933, have blurred areas where the unexposed film was not laying flat inside the camera. His 35mm photography after 1933 does not show this defect, but the condition of the film is rather poo...

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Main Author: Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
Other Authors: Gift of the University of Chicago, 1982.
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: 1932
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Online Access:http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13306
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author Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
author2 Gift of the University of Chicago, 1982.
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description Due to a malfunction inside Platt's camera, the majority of his first 8,000 images, dating from 1919 to 1933, have blurred areas where the unexposed film was not laying flat inside the camera. His 35mm photography after 1933 does not show this defect, but the condition of the film is rather poor, having been housed between loose sheets of paper in cardboard boxes for over 50 years. The majority of images he took from 1933-1963 are severely scratched. Therefore, only a small portion of Platt's photography has been chosen for online presentation. 8/13 A.C.[Algoma Central Railway] coal bunkers & shops fr.[from[ boulder pasture. 1:30 p.m. NE Grayscale Platt Nitrate Negative, Box 206 of 250
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Canada
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Robert S. Platt Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - North and Central America
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive
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spelling ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:agsnorth/13306 2025-01-16T22:19:39+00:00 Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964 Gift of the University of Chicago, 1982. North and Central America North America Canada Ontario (province) Sault Sainte Marie 1932 2.75 in. x 4.5 in. Nitrate negatives jp2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13306 unknown Robert S. Platt Collection I - Nitrate Negatives Robert S. Platt Collection American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - North and Central America NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library's Historic Nitrate Negative Images American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive 32-369 pl008222 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13306 https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ Railroad shops & yards Meadows Boulders Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company Still Image 1932 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T16:32:23Z Due to a malfunction inside Platt's camera, the majority of his first 8,000 images, dating from 1919 to 1933, have blurred areas where the unexposed film was not laying flat inside the camera. His 35mm photography after 1933 does not show this defect, but the condition of the film is rather poor, having been housed between loose sheets of paper in cardboard boxes for over 50 years. The majority of images he took from 1933-1963 are severely scratched. Therefore, only a small portion of Platt's photography has been chosen for online presentation. 8/13 A.C.[Algoma Central Railway] coal bunkers & shops fr.[from[ boulder pasture. 1:30 p.m. NE Grayscale Platt Nitrate Negative, Box 206 of 250 Still Image Hudson Bay University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections Hudson Bay Canada Hudson
spellingShingle Railroad shops & yards
Meadows
Boulders
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title_full Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title_fullStr Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title_full_unstemmed Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title_short Canada, Algoma Central Railway facilities in Sault Sainte Marie
title_sort canada, algoma central railway facilities in sault sainte marie
topic Railroad shops & yards
Meadows
Boulders
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
topic_facet Railroad shops & yards
Meadows
Boulders
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway Company
url http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/13306