Tag Archives: AHC digital collections

Reflections on the Evolution of Air Travel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by ahcadmin

Are you a nervous flier?  Perhaps it will make you feel better to see that back in the day, it could have been a lot worse to fly.  We’ve used our collections to illustrate just several of the reasons that … Continue reading →

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Old Faithful Speaks

Posted on November 2, 2011 by ahcadmin

Old Faithful Speaks is a 35 millimeter nitrate film created between 1933 and 1935 to promote Wyoming tourism. Yellowstone National Park was then (and is now) a world-renowned tourist attraction. The film features what may be the first audio recording … Continue reading →

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Hugo Janssen Photographs Digitized

Posted on March 14, 2011 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center has completed a project to digitize 914 negatives from Lovell, Wyoming, based photographer, Hugo Janssen. Hugo Gerhard Janssen (1893-1960) was born in Germany on July 17, 1893, and arrived in Lovell just prior to World War … Continue reading →

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