Detail View: The AMICA Library: Pine Bend
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AMICA ID:
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MIA_.95.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Photographs
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Creator Name:
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Bosse, Henry P.
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Role:
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photographer
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1844 - 1903
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Henry P. Bosse
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Title:
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Pine Bend
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View:
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Front
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Creation Date:
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1891
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Creation Start Date:
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1891
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Creation End Date:
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1891
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Materials and Techniques:
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cyanotype
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Dimensions:
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H.10-3/8 x W.13 in. (oval, image)
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Component Measured:
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oval image
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Measurement Unit:
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in
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Owner Location:
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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ID Number:
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95.2
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Credit Line:
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The Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison Fund
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Inscriptions:
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TITLE, DATE
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Rights:
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Context:
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This scene shows the Mississippi River at Pine Bend, Minnesota (hidden off to the left), about 12 miles south of Saint Paul. Henry P. Bosse aimed his camera north to capture the graceful curve of the river, numerous wing dams, and a distant horizon. The slender wing dams, perpendicular to the river's banks, were built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain a minimum river depth for steamboat passage. Working for the Corps, Bosse photographed the Mississippi between Minneapolis and Saint Louis, producing oval-shaped images as cyanotypes, the same process architects use today for blueprints. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MIA_.1728c.tif
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