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Museums -- Massachusetts

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Boston Album [Negatives 7-118], 1938

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of 88 albums containing aerial photographs taken by Bradford Washburn. The images were created for the purpose of the charting and cartography of mountains and mountain ranges in Alaska and Canada, the Alps, the Grand Canyon, and other locations. These are silver gelatin prints, most of which measure 8x10 inches, but some larger and smaller sizes are found throughout the albums. Each album contains roughly 100 to 150 photographs.

Dates: 1938

Boston Album [Negatives H-36; B-1 to B-69], 1936

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Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of 88 albums containing aerial photographs taken by Bradford Washburn. The images were created for the purpose of the charting and cartography of mountains and mountain ranges in Alaska and Canada, the Alps, the Grand Canyon, and other locations. These are silver gelatin prints, most of which measure 8x10 inches, but some larger and smaller sizes are found throughout the albums. Each album contains roughly 100 to 150 photographs.

Dates: 1936

Family Album [Negatives 985-1096; 1449-1495; 1860-1887; P-11 to P-18], 1930-02-01 - 1934-10

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Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of 39 albums documenting Washburn's early experiences with mountaineering and his expeditions, often with his wife Barbara, and one album of early family photographs. Locations include Alaska and the Yukon region of Canada, the Alps, and China. These albums contain silver gelatin prints in a variety of sizes, including panoramas. The majority of images document people and activities before, during, and after the expeditions, including Washburn’s photographic process and...
Dates: 1930-02-01 - 1934-10

Mt. Washington, Boston Album [Negatives 1-38; numbers repeat and are inconsistent], 1938

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists of 88 albums containing aerial photographs taken by Bradford Washburn. The images were created for the purpose of the charting and cartography of mountains and mountain ranges in Alaska and Canada, the Alps, the Grand Canyon, and other locations. These are silver gelatin prints, most of which measure 8x10 inches, but some larger and smaller sizes are found throughout the albums. Each album contains roughly 100 to 150 photographs.

Dates: 1938