Portfolio of inkjet prints of photographs by Peter Goin that document nuclear test sites at Nevada Test Site, Nevada, and at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the radioactive waste repository at Hanford Site, Washington, circa 1986-1988. Printed by Scott C. Hinton in 2011. The portfolio includes a title card printed by Robert E. Blesse of the Black Rock Press. Most of the images appeared in Peter Goin, Nuclear Landscapes (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991).
Description:
Peter Goin (born 1951) is an American photographer known for his work within the altered landscape., Scott C. Hinton (born 1974) is an American photographer and printer., Robert E. Blesse (born 1946) is an American special collections librarian and director of the Black Rock Press of the University of Nevada, Reno, Library., Finding aid available., Captions and inscriptions in English., Title from title card., Captions in the printed image., Versos signed and numbered by the photographer., and Copy 3 of limited edition of 3.
Subject (Geographic):
Marshall Islands, Nevada, Washington (State), Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands), Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands), Hanford Site (Wash.), Nevada Test Site (Nev.), New Mexico, Trinity Site (N.M.), and White Sands Missile Range (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Blesse, Robert E., Goin, Peter, 1951-, Hinton, Scott C., 1974-, and Black Rock Press.
Subject (Topic):
Nuclear weapons, Testing, and Radioactive waste repositories
Two versions of a viewbook, each with a different binding, that consist of photographs along the Columbia River, as well as images of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, created by Isaac Grundy Davidson and compiled by printer George H. Himes, both from Portland, Oregon, ca. 1879. One volume bound in wood and ebony, and the other volume bound in leather. Several images relate to the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, General overviews of the Columbia River include views of the Lower Cascades and Upper Cascades, as well as a copy photograph from a painting. Views along the Columbia River in Washington include Beacon Rock (referred to as Castle Rock), Gibraltar Rock, Cape Horn, and Cape Disappointment at the mouth of river, as well as a view of Bradford Island in Oregon, Images of Idaho along the Clark Fork River include views of Cabinet Gorge and of the communities of Clark Fork and Cabinet, as well as images of railway construction by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company that consist of a trestle bridge under construction at Clark Fork and railway grading at Big Bluff. Other images of Idaho include the military compound at Fort Coeur d'Alene (which became Fort Sherman), Coeur d'Alene Lake, and locations along the Snake River, Images of Oregon include views of rock formations consisting of Rooster Rock and Twin Rocks; views of waterfalls that include Bridal Veil Falls, Latourell Falls, and Multnomah Falls; views of a train of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company along the Umatilla River and Crested Butte; views of Meacham Creek and Meacham Creek Canyon; and views of the Oregon cities of Astoria and Portland, Photographs of Washington include several views of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River; several views of Mount Rainier (identified as Mount Tacoma); overviews of Seattle that show Puget Sound; a view of North Fork Canyon of the Puyallup River; and a view of a railroad trestle near Riparia on the Snake River, and The volume with leather binding includes two additional images that consist of a view of the breakers at Cape Disappointment and a copy photograph of the painting by maritime artist Cleveland Rockwell that depicts of the mouth of the Columbia River
Description:
The complete title of the volume is “Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Glimpses of pretty spots along the valley of the Columbia River from Northern Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Scenery along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, showing the new trans-continental route in process of construction.”, The ebony and wood bound volume includes statement on the title page, “Bound in Oregon woods and Alaska cedar, prepared by the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company.”, Photographic prints mounted on boards with letterpress captions below each print., Captions in several negatives., and The leather bound volume includes a receipt laid in from the Cadmus Book Shop, New York, to Edward Eberstadt, 1923.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Astoria (Or.), Beacon Rock (Wash.), Bradford Island (Or.), Bridal Veil Falls (Or.), Cabinet (Idaho), Cape Disappointment State Park (Wash.), Clark Fork (Idaho : Town), Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho), Coeur d'Alene Lake (Idaho), Columbia River, Fort Sherman (Idaho), Idaho, Latourell Falls (Or.), Meacham Creek (Or.), Meacham Creek Canyon (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), Oregon, Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Puyallup River (Wash.), Rainier, Mount (Wash.), Riparia (Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Spokane Falls (Wash. : Waterfall), Umatilla River (Or.), and Washington (State)
Subject (Name):
Davidson, I. G. 1845-1922. (Isaac Grundy),, Himes, George H., 1844-1940., Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907., Northern Pacific Railway Company, Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company., and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Card photographs of Colorado, California and Washington. In Colorado, there are views of Manitou, Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak. In Yosemite there are views of Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Nevada and Vernal Falls, Glarin Point, Half Dome, Mirror Lake, the Dome and Royal Arches, El Capitan and the Valley from Inspiration Point. Other California views include Telegraph Hill and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco and soldiers on South Wharf at Angel Island and At Fort Vancouver in Washington there are photographs of the reservoir, parade grounds and officer's quarters, and several portraits of men in military uniform. Finally, there are images of a Fourth of July parade featuring bicyclists, clowns and floats, and distant views of circus tents, probably in Washington
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso of mounts. The majority of the photographs are circular Kodak prints on rectangular mounts. and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Washington, California, Colorado, Alcatraz Island (Calif.), Angel Island (Calif.), Yosemite National Park (Calif.), Washington (State), Fort Vancouver (Wash.), and Manitou Springs (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Circus, Parades, Fourth of July celebrations, and Soldiers
Photographs of Neah Bay, Washington, and Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia, created during the summer of 2010 and March 2011, that document the culture of Makah Indians and Haida Indians. The collection also includes a group of images that document the centennial birthday celebration in 2010 of Claude Morrison, who is also known as Mii Ju, Mķijuu, and Kúng Skiís., A group of images documents Makah Indians and participants in the Inter-Tribal Ocean-Going Canoe Journey, Paddle to Makah, at Neah Bay, Washington, in July 2010, Images of Haida Gwaii include views of Masset and portraits of Haida artisans, including Gwaai Edenshaw, Jaalen Edenshaw, and Donnie Edenshaw. Discrete groups of images document the wedding between Donnie Edenshaw and Beverly Anne Samuels, and the coronation ceremony of hereditary chief Percy Williams in Skidegate, as well as an end-of-winter feast at the community hall in Masset on March 12, 2011, and Six oversize photographic prints in the collection include photographs of Haida artwork, as well as portraits of Haida artisans Gwaai Edenshaw and Evelyn Vanderhoop
Description:
Accompanied by descriptions of the images by the photographer (in box 1)., Title devised by cataloger., and Stored in 6 boxes.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, British Columbia, Haida Gwaii (B.C.), Hydaburg (Alaska), Masset (B.C.), Neah Bay (Wash.), and Washington (State)
Photographs of logging activities and lumberjacks in Washington, including a group of workers of the Greenwood Log Co. sitting on a flat car loaded with milled lumber, another train loaded with cut timber, also from the Greenwood Log Co., and a photograph of three men next to a tree with a diameter of 18 feet
Photographs of a fishing on the Columbia River and near the coast of Sand Island, Washington, and scenes of the town of Chinook and the McGowan Columbia River Salmon canary
Description:
Stamped on verso of mounts: Northern Pacific Railroad, Edward W. Nolan Collection.
Publisher:
J. F. Ford
Subject (Geographic):
Washington (State), Chinook (Wash.), and Sand Island (Wash.)
Photographs of logging operations in Shelton, Washington Territory, along the line of the Satsop railroad. Included are views of loggers, ox and horse teams hauling logs, trains loaded with cut timber, and the office and store of the Satsop Rail Road Company
