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English: Cyanotype of Mt. Rainier, 1886   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: C. B. Talbot
Title
English: Cyanotype of Mt. Rainier, 1886
Description
English:

8" x 11" cyanotype. Overall dimensions with frame, approximately 15-1/2" x 12-1/2". Contemporary wood frame painted in muted blue and metallic silver.

Written within image: Bottom left corner, "C. B. Talbot, 1886. Portland, OR. Tacoma"; Centered along bottom border, "Puyallup Ind. Agcy."; Bottom right corner, "Mt. Ranier or Mt. Tacoma: 14,444 FT." Please note that the misspelling of "Ranier" is by error of the photographer.

PH Coll 500.CY1

The image is one of a set of cyanotypes photographed by C. B. Talbot for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Note with photo: Talbot was not a professional photographer. He was an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railroad and worked in the Tacoma area for a few years during the 1880s. He was an amateur photographer and took blueprint photographs mostly of the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He also took scenics of Tacoma, Mt. Rainier, and Western Washington. The Washington State Historical Society has an image showing the equipment used for bluprint photographs. It was quite bulky

  • Subjects (LCSH): Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Mountains--Washington (State)
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Rainier, Mount
Date 1886
date QS:P571,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2818
Source
English: Washington State Localities Photographs
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WAS3677

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