RE: U.P. Stereo Views

[P3D Shelley, Dan <dshelley@xxxxxxxx>]

Larry Berlin writes:

>Thanks Dan for the pointer to this 
>great collection. 

No problem, I actually got it from someone else on this list! =) Here 
is the URL again for those that have asked:          
http://www.uprr.com/uprr/ffh/photos/ 

>I wonder what the history is to the 
>collection itself? 

Based on a few of the comments on the site (below), I would guess taht 
they decided it was good PR to take all the information in their 
archives and put it out on the Web for people to research.

"In this section we will be working to give you historical information 
on the railroad and its evolution.
To this end we have compiled a series of articles and photos."

"The Photo Gallery is a collection of images from Union Pacific 
Railroad's archives. All the images are
available for purchase using the order form available from any page in 
this section. All images are
grouped by subject."
 
>So many of the images have very bad
>alignment. It's hard to believe that 
>such misalignments were OK back in the
>day these were made. 

Actually, it is my experience that many images back then DID have 
similar problems. I am guessing that in these particular sets, there 
are quite a few images that were not made for any other reason than to 
document what was happening. They may even be one of a kind images. 
That might explain some of the quality concerns as they may not have 
been mass produced.

>Is this all that exists made up by 
>including many of the original rejects 
>and discards?

I would guess so... =)

Dan Shelley
Colorado Springs, CO USA
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


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