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Tag Archives: Photography
What I Learned Digitizing 100-Year-Old Negatives
The American Heritage Center offers internships for University of Wyoming students in various areas. One example is the opportunity to work with Grace Derby, the Center’s Photography Lab Supervisor. Students learn procedures for preserving historic photographic materials. Here, Gabby Castro … Continue reading
Posted in behind the scenes, Interns' projects, Preservation, Uncategorized
Tagged Archival photography, Clark H. Getts, Digital preservation, Digitization, Gabby Castro, Glass plate negatives, Grace Derby, Historic photographs, Large format photography, Negative scanning, Osa Johnson, Photographic negatives, Photographic preservation, Photography, Preservation methods, Sheet film, Student internships, Wet plate negatives
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Snap Together: Larsh Bristol and the American Heritage Center
Conor Mullen applied for the Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship six times before he received it in 2020. When he finally got it, he used it to document something none of us saw coming: the impact of COVID-19 on the Greater … Continue reading
Posted in Student projects, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Academic collaboration, Aubrey Edwards, Chloé Flagg, COJO (Communication & Journalism), Conor Mullen, COVID-19, Dr. Nancy Small, Gallery exhibitions, Grand Teton National Park, Greater Yellowstone Area, John Waggener, Larsh Bristol Photojournalism Fellowship, Pandemic documentation, Photography, Public Humanities, Shelby Hutson, Student photographers, University of Wyoming, Visual storytelling, Western narratives, Yellowstone National Park
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Preserving History, One Negative at A Time
The American Heritage Center is home to nearly 90,000 cubic feet of historically significant collection material, representing centuries of cultural heritage within a wide range of subject matter. Whether it be a paper document, work of art, three-dimensional artifact, analog … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, American Heritage Center, Archival preservation, behind the scenes, Digitization techniques, Historical Preservation, Photographic collections, Uncategorized
Tagged Acetate film, American Heritage Center, Archival Materials, Digitization Techniques, Historical photographs, Historical Photos, Historical preservation, Nitrate film, Nitrate Film Preservation, Photographic collections, Photography
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Traveling with Cole Porter
Actress and photographer Jean Howard was a great favorite of Cole Porter, the urbane composer and songwriter known for scoring such successful productions as Kiss Me Kate (1948) and High Society (1956). His numerous hit songs include Begin the Beguine, … Continue reading
Posted in Composers, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, Photographic collections, popular culture, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged Cole Porter, Historical photographs, Howard Sturges, Jean Howard, Linda Porter, Photographic collections, Photography, Travel Photographs, Travels with Cole Porter
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Samuel H. Knight and Man’s Best Friend
Dogs are one of life’s greatest treasures. They love their owners unconditionally, enjoy walks, belly rubs, and appreciate any moment that they spend with their owner. For centuries, people have had great admiration for dogs and enjoy capturing their essence … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, Wyoming
Tagged dog, dogs, Photography, Samuel H. Knight
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Jean Howard and Charles Feldman: From Ziegfeld Follies to Movie Moguls
What do you get when you combine a stunning starlet, a savvy talent broker, and a bunch of famous friends? The answer is Jean Howard and Charles Feldman, the ultimate party planners of old Hollywood. The story of Jean Howard … Continue reading
Posted in found in the archive, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Photographic collections, popular culture, Uncategorized, women's history
Tagged Charles Feldman, Entertainment industry, Hollywood, Hollywood History, Jean Howard, Photography, popular culture
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Glimpses into the Iron Ore Mining Past of Sunrise, Wyoming
The Sunrise Mine and Town Site Photo Album offers a look at operations at the Sunrise Iron Ore Mine and the town of Sunrise, Wyoming, from 1899 to 1920. Sunrise, Wyoming, was a company mining town, founded in 1899 by … Continue reading
Posted in Digital collections, Economic Geology, found in the archive, Local history, mining history, Photographic collections, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, Company Towns, Iron Ore Mining, Mining History, Mining Towns, Photography, Sunrise, Wyoming history
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Isberg collection digitized
The AHC has completed a grant project to digitize photographs, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and stereo cards from the Isberg Family papers, a collection of a Laramie family with material dating from 1884 to 1930. Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe – “True Spirit and Soul”
“Jean took the best pictures of me I’ve ever had,” said Marilyn Monroe at one of Gloria Vanderbilt’s celebrity-studded party in the 1950s. Everyone turned to look at the photographer in question, Jean Howard. Former Ziegfeld girl and MGM contract … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood history, Photography, popular culture
Tagged Hollywood, Jean Howard, Marilyn Monroe, Photography
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Unearthing History: Mining in Southern Africa Through the Lens of Ayer and Denton
The American Heritage Center is proud of its mining collections that cover mining industry records from all over the world and give an interesting view into the evolution of mining over the years. These collections often also give an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Geology, mining history, Natural resources
Tagged Frank Ayer, mining industry, Photography, Southern Africa, Thomas Denton
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