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| Photo Number | PH037_P250 |
| Title on Envelope | Horse-drawn delivery wagon in front of Western Union office, Portland, next to Skidmore Fountain. Horses drinking from fountain. |
| Notes | A horse-drawn wagon and driver situated in front of a fountain identified as the Skidmore Fountain. Two horses harnessed to the wagon drink from the fountain as the driver looks on. He is dressed in a hat, jacket with pockets, trousers, and boots. From the wooden covered wagon hangs a torn tarp that conceals the wagon's contents. The fountain's base is octagonal with two central sculpted females in draped clothing supporting a bowl from which water flows. Behind the wagon a sign on a builidng reads, "Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office". In the background are buildings and streets that are part of this business district. |
| Subject | Telegraph industry
Telegraph offices
Delivery boys
Carts & wagons
Wagon wheels
Horses
Horse Gear
Men
Hats
Clothing and dress
Buildings
Buildings distinguished by form
Signs (Notices)
City & town life
Fountains
Sculpture
Stone carving
Water
Skidmore Fountain, Portland, Oregon
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| Place | Portland, Oregon
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| Genre | outdoor candid portrait
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| Rights | Copyright resides with the creator(s) of the items or their assigns. Permission may be required. |
| Repository | University of Oregon Libraries - Special Collections and University Archives |
| Collection Title | Angelus Studio Photographs
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| Collection Identifier | PH037 |
| Collection Guide | http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv14379 |
| Source Dimensions | 10 X 8 inches |
| Source format | glass plate negative; |
| Source Condition | light emulsion flaking |
| Image (File) Size | 123,830 bytes |
| Image Width | 875 |
| Image Height | 699 |
| Color Space | 24 bit -- RGB -- sRGB IEC61966-2.1 |
| Capture Date | 2004-13-08 |
| Capture Method | Scanned in transmissive mode with Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX PowerLook III flatbed scanner (Scanner B). Levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 0 - 1.00 - 150 prior to capture. |
| Resolution | 125 DPI |
| Processing History | Scanned image enters Photoshop with negative polarity and has a reversed orientation. Archived Tiff is saved. Adobe Photoshop used to reorient and crop image, invert image to positive polarity, set and neutralize shadow and highlight point, adjust midtone contrast, and desaturate color information. Second production tiff saved, retaining adjustments layers. Photoshop used to convert color profile from Adobe 1998, to sRGB, set resolution to 125 dpi and resize the largest pixel dimension of the image to 875. Display jpeg saved after resizing. |
| Additional Digital Formats Held by UO | Archived tiff -- PHxxx_####.tif -- 48 bit, Adobe RGB (1998) -- xxxx X xxxx pixels -- 600 dpi -- xx,xxx,xxx bytes //
Production tiff -- PHxxx_####xx.tif -- 24 bit, Adobe RGB (1998) -- xxxx X xxxx pixels -- 600 dpi -- xx,xxx,xxx bytes //
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| Additional physical formats held by UO | glass plate negative -- PH037_P250 -- 10 X 8 inches //
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| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Digital Collection | University of Oregon. Libraries. Historical Photographs.
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