Notes
Our Fun Friday post continues our central Oregon road trip with a visit to this idyllic sheep ranch. We can only guess where this was, as sheep ranching occurs in many parts of central Oregon.
This negative has degraded a bit with time, but we're very lucky this photographer was using glass plates instead of the then common cellulose nitrate film. Cellulose nitrate decomposes into a flammable powder and sticky goo. We have many negatives that were carefully put away decades ago which are lost to decomposition. The Museum has a two pronged approach to preserving our surviving negatives for future generations: use proper archival storage techniques to extend the life of the negative, and digitize them with our best available technology as a hedge against further deterioration.
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Comments
guess, yes, but it really says sunriver to me.
spinsur on 5th August 2011 @ 8:07am
Does not look like Central Oregon. Looks like a high mountain meadow.
But I guess not all of Central Oregon is desert.
I have built fences like that. They were falling down like that also. It is an art to build a durable snake fence. Even more of an art to attach it to a workable gate which I assume is just to the left of the photo.
If the year is 1921, that fence has already been there for a few years.
Whatever method the photographer used. I have been impressed by the clarity of these Central Oregon Road Trip photos.
l.e. on 5th August 2011 @ 8:34am
Looks like the meadow area to the west of Hwy 97 in LaPine. I drive that route frequently....thanks Arthur
James Holloway on 5th August 2011 @ 9:02am
I agree with the LaPine area. I just drove through there two weeks ago and it certainly could be a fit.
Connie on 5th August 2011 @ 10:37am
Split rail fences were all that were used, along with regular wood fences until the advent of barb wire. Occasionally one will still come across an old one, mostly falling down when you are out traveling around in he old back country.
Charlott on 6th August 2011 @ 5:29am
Arthur,... hopefully the love and care that you, and other members of your museum, feel for your historic photos will be carried on at other museums.
I have told the museum, in the town where I grew up, about your project.
They also have an abundance of priceless old photos and they aren't sure what to do.
I know that knowledge and equipment are a necessity, but unlike you they are unwilling to share with the public.
With each photo, I tip my hat to you even more and I hope the community recognizes the gift you are giving them.
l.e. on 6th August 2011 @ 8:57am
l.e, we're learning as we go. I'm glad you enjoy watching it unfold. There are so many great images in the queue it's getting hard for me to decide which comes next. And when we finish digitizing the current collection, we'll be asking people to contribute family/institutional/business photos so we can bring forward as much of our local history as possible.
Arthur on 8th August 2011 @ 1:53am
How about hat area east of Prineville on the way to Paulina?
Libby Bickford on 7th January 2017 @ 8:40pm