Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill

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: 1919
Subjects:
Bays (Bodies of water)
Harbors
Islands
Hills
Coastlines
Trees
Somerset Island
Online Access:http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/4620
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spelling ftunivwislib:oai:collections.lib.uwm.edu:agsnorth/4620 2023-05-15T18:20:28+02:00 Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964 Gift of the University of Chicago, 1982. North and Central America Bermuda (dependent state) 1919 2.75 x 4.5 in. Nitrate negatives Lantern Slide jp2 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/4620 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 19-459 pl000268 http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/4620 https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/ Bays (Bodies of water) Harbors Islands Hills Coastlines Trees Still Image 1919 ftunivwislib 2022-11-26T16:27:53Z 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. Bermuda. October 1919. Wreck Hill from Scaur Hill. 3 p.m. CB. 16 1/50. Southwest. Wreck Hill is on Saint George's Island and Scaur Hill is on Somerset Island. Grayscale Platt Nitrate Negatives, Box 7 Still Image Somerset Island University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections Somerset Island ENVELOPE(-93.500,-93.500,73.251,73.251)
institution Open Polar
collection University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: UWM Libraries Digital Collections
op_collection_id ftunivwislib
language unknown
topic Bays (Bodies of water)
Harbors
Islands
Hills
Coastlines
Trees
spellingShingle Bays (Bodies of water)
Harbors
Islands
Hills
Coastlines
Trees
Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
topic_facet Bays (Bodies of water)
Harbors
Islands
Hills
Coastlines
Trees
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. Bermuda. October 1919. Wreck Hill from Scaur Hill. 3 p.m. CB. 16 1/50. Southwest. Wreck Hill is on Saint George's Island and Scaur Hill is on Somerset Island. Grayscale Platt Nitrate Negatives, Box 7
author2 Gift of the University of Chicago, 1982.
format Still Image
author Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
author_facet Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
author_sort Platt, Robert S. (Robert Swanton), 1891-1964
title Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
title_short Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
title_full Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
title_fullStr Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
title_full_unstemmed Bermuda, Wreck Hill and Ely's Harbor from Scaur Hill
title_sort bermuda, wreck hill and ely's harbor from scaur hill
publishDate 1919
url http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/4620
op_coverage North and Central America
Bermuda (dependent state)
long_lat ENVELOPE(-93.500,-93.500,73.251,73.251)
geographic Somerset Island
geographic_facet Somerset Island
genre Somerset Island
genre_facet Somerset Island
op_relation 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
19-459
pl000268
http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsnorth/id/4620
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