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[Lantern slides from the Elwood Mead papers]Creator/Contributor:
Mead, Elwood, 1858-1936, creator, creator.Abstract:
About half of the views in this collection relate to reclamation and resettlement project in Australia, including some general
views of Leeton, New South Wales. Many maps, announcements, views of farming, factories, etc. are pictured. Many slides are
text for presentations on reclamation projects, particularly in Australia. Glass negatives occasionally present are reproductions
of maps and plans, often from published sources. The other views also relate to irrigation and land use; some appear to be
general interest scenes produced for tourists. Most were taken in unknown locations, but a few are identified as Israel and
Europe.
Date:
1907 (issued)Subject:
a-is--- -- e------ -- u-at---Reclamation of land -- Australia -- Photographs
Reclamation of land -- Israel -- Photographs
Reclamation of land -- Europe -- Photographs
Leeton (N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
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Title devised by cataloger.
Photographed or collected by Elwood Mead.
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Lantern slides from the Elwood Mead papers, BANC PIC 1966.036, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicLantern slides.
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approximately 105 photographs in 11 boxes : lantern slides and glass negatives, some hand colored ; slides chiefly 9 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Origin:
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