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Adams Wood Mill, Stowe, Vermont, 1952

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1952

GUSN

GUSN-194073

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Description

Reed created this photograph on commission for the mill, probably for an advertisement. Reed was drawn to the way the operator was almost obliterated from view by the shower of wood chips.

Details

Descriptive Terms

planing mills
woodchips
industrial buildings
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC044

Collection Name

Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

Reference Code

PC044.TMP.030

Places

Stowe (Lamoille county, Vermont)

Record Details

Originator

Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other Organizations

Adams Wood Mill (Stowe, Vt.)

Accruals Note

Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.

Description Level

Item

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