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Arlington, Ore. Jan. 12, 1909, 20 below zero. Columbia River Frozen over, The first time in 24 years.

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Identifier ORU_PH035_6035 http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,481
Title Arlington, Ore. Jan. 12, 1909, 20 below zero. Columbia River Frozen over, The first time in 24 years.
Description A view of the Columbia River shore at Arlington, Oregon, on January 12, 1909. The Columbia River is frozen. In the foreground is the white riverbank, with a large boulder to the left. Near the shore on the right of the photo is a pier, with a sailboat at its end. In the center we see a stern-wheeler. A long rope leads out from it and is coiled on the frozen river. A group of five men stand nearby, close to a rectangular area of water that has been freed of ice. Their attention is on a sixth...
Subject Boulders; Ice; Sailboats; Stern wheelers; Piers & wharves; Men; Rivers; Riverbanks; Ropes; Storms; Weather; Barges; Ice; Ice on rivers, lakes, etc; Boulders; Sailing ships; Sailboats; Paddle steamers; Men; Rivers; Docks; Barges; Riparian areas; Arlington, Oregon; Columbia River; Outdoor landscape
Publisher University of Oregon Libraries
Date 2004-08-05
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
Relation University of Oregon Libraries - Special Collections and University Archives Print Collection PH035 Archived tiff -- PH035_6035.tif -- 16 bit, Gray Gamma 2.2 -- 4758 x 3534 pixels -- 1200 dpi -- 33,641,584 bytes //

Production tiff -- PH035_6035jc.tif -- 16 bit, Gray Gamma 2.2 -- 4638 x 3402 pixels -- 1200 dpi -- 126,242,520 bytes //
Type image
Format Scanned in reflective mode with Silverfast AI 6.0 on UMAX PowerLook III flatbed scanner (Scanner C). Levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 44 - 1.00 - 158 prior to capture. 91,689 bytes 8 bit -- RGB -- sRGB IEC61966-2.1 Scanned image enters Photoshop as 16 bit Grayscale. Archived tiff is saved. Adobe Photoshop used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight point, adjust midtone contrast. Second production tiff saved, retaining adjustments layers. Photoshop used to convert color profile from Gray Gamma 2.2 to sRGB, set resolution to 125 dpi and resize the width of the image to 875. Display jpeg saved after resizing.

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