Fort Peck Dam, Montana
- Title:
- Fort Peck Dam, Montana
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Bourke-White, Margaret
- Creation Date:
- 1936 (negative)
ca. 1965 (print)
- ID Number:
- 65
- File Name:
- 65.539.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- Environmental technologies
Infrastructure
Montana - Measurement:
- 71 x 56 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A row of enormous identical concrete forms, the closest one is on the left side of the frame. The front is shaped like a narrow cone missing its point at the top, this is attached to a slightly shorter rectangle, and then a much taller rectangle with a wide top behind that. The forms look like something is going to be placed atop them all. They are brightly lit by the sun from the front, and the texture of the molds is visible on each form. Two people are visible in the foreground, tiny in comparison to the concrete.
- Notes:
- Matted gelatin silver print.
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum holds a large collection of prints by Bourke-White from Life Magazine. the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections holds a small collection of prints by Bourke-White, a Cornell alumni, of the campus. - Cite As:
- Margaret Bourke-White (American, 1904–1971), [Fort Peck Dam, Montana], 1936 (negative); ca. 1965 (print). Gelatin silver print, image/mount: 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 in. (71 × 56 cm). Gift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine, 65.539.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the Mellon Teaching Sets Collection are unknown. Whenever possible, information on current rights owners is included with the image. Digitization took place at varied times from items held at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in service of a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Cornell is providing access to low-resolution, non-downloadable versions of the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial research and educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at museum@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.