Speaking of Pictures…Panorama Photographs Help Locate Forest Fires
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Using photography to combat wildfires in Colorado.
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Description
“These panorama photographs show the western U.S. landscape as it is seen by fire spotters of the Forest Service from the vantage of their lookout towers. They were taken with a special camera designed by Forest Service Photograph W.B. Osborne. Marked off with a horizontal compass scale and a vertical scale, they embody a new system for locating forest fires and directing firefighters to the scene.”
This interesting collection of breathtaking photographs was originally published in a 1943 edition of Fortune Magazine. The top three views show a 360-degree panorama around fire lookout towers near Denver, Colorado, whereas the 120-degree views at the bottom show “some of the remote and splendid wilderness in Wyoming and Oregon.” The photographs are surrounded by an innovative grid system that corresponds to a dispatch map, allowing for the fire watchers to promptly and accurately send response teams when plumes of smoke are discovered.
Map Details
Publication Date: 1943
Author: W.B. Osbourne
Sheet Width (in): 20.6
Sheet Height (in): 13.6
Condition: B+
Condition Description: Two sheets joined at a vertical seam with archival tape on the verso. Due to a minor offset in the printing process, the edges of the pages don't exactly line up, but the image is well-represented with the exception of a small seam down the center. Light wear and faint toning around the outer edges.
$50.00
1 in stock