Charles Clifford Curtis 35mm Slide Pioneering American Photographer Logging

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Charles Clifford Curtis 35mm Slide Pioneering American Photographer Logging:
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Charles Clifford Curtis 35mm Slide Pioneering American Photographer Logging
As shown with age wear
Curtis worked in large format film-This slide has to be a copy of his large photographer-35mm film was invented when when he worked
Reason these were copied is unknown by me
Do see the many Charles Clifford Curtis slides I have posted
Found on the net-Charles Clifford Curtis(1862-1956) was a pioneering American photographer who is best remembered for hisdocumentary photographyof thelogging industryin theSierra Nevadamountains in the late 19th century. His photographs, which captured the felling of the famousMark Twain Treeand theGeneral Nobletree, helped to convince the public that thesegiant sequoiaswere not a hoax.[1]Curtis was well known for his use oflarge plate photography, which allowed him to capture portraits of people and gatherings that were dwarfed by the scale of the giant trees. His images of logging crews working in the rugged terrain ofConverse Basinare considered some of the most iconic and enduring images of the era.[2]Early life
C.C. Curtis was born inMarshalltown, Iowa, on May 28, 1862. He moved to California at the age of 19 and began his photography career as an apprentice in San Francisco. He quickly developed a passion for the craft and began traveling throughout theSan Joaquin Valleywith his bulky and heavy glass plate photography equipment, using a donkey as his mode of transportation.[2]: 9–11
He worked as an apprentice for nine months before his brother provided him with funding to purchase his own photo tent and equipment. Curtis set up base inHanfordand traveled from town to town, earning $1 for8x10\" portraits. He had natural eye for photography and was known for his ability to capture community settings and activities in his images.[2]: 9–11
In 1883, Curtis fell in love with Maria Dewey, who worked in a millinery shop inPorterville. The two were married on March 29, 1884, inVisaliaand later moved toTraverwhere Curtis opened his own photography studio. Traver was a thriving community at the time, thanks to theCentral Valley Irrigation Projectand the wheat boom.[2]: 12–19
Kaweah Colony
In 1886, Curtis joined theKaweah Colony, a group of socialists led byBurnette Haskellin San Francisco.[2]: 20–21 The colony acquired land in the Giant Forest under theTimber and Stone Act, and Curtis and his wife Maria worked on the road crew building the first road from the San Joaquin Valley to the colony. However, the camp was dissolved by the end of 1887 due to challenges to their land claims by theGeneral Land Office, and Curtis became disillusioned. He destroyed most of the glass plate photographs he had taken of the Kaweah Colony.[2]: 23–35
After a brief visit toBig Stump Grovein 1887, the Curtis family returned to Traver for the winter. In 1888, Charles sold his photography studio and returned to Hanford with his family. That summer, they packed up their photography equipment and headed back to Big Stump.[2]: 36–40
Upon arriving at the Comstock Mill, located near today\'s Lake Sequoia and not far from theGeneral Grant TreeinKings Canyon National Park, the Curtis family set about building their own shelter. Charles built their home atop a giant sequoia stump that measured nearly 20 feet in diameter and was about ten feet off the ground, requiring a staircase to access it. This unique one-room cabin served as both a home and a photography studio for the family, and they lived there for the summer of 1888. The studio was located about 250 yards from theMark Twain Tree.[2]: 44–47
During this time, Curtis photographed hundreds of people gathered around theGeneral Grant Treeand other trees in theGrant Grovearea, as visitors were interested in having their own photographs taken amongst the giant sequoias. These images were used to prove to the public the size of these trees, as some people were skeptical of their existence. This was the first time that Curtis was able to earn a living as a photographer and stay in one place. The Comstock Mill was abandoned in 1888.[2]: 51–53
Millwood
In 1885, Hiram C. Smith and A.D. Moore established theKings River Lumber Companyin Millwood, a bustling lumber boomtown that became Curtis\'s next home in the mountains. He built his photography studio on top of a flat rock across from the Sequoia Hotel, where travelers often came to have their pictures taken by the nearby General Grant tree and the stumps of logged giant sequoias. The loggers had cut \"picture trees\" with unnecessarily large undercuts to serve specifically as photo backdrops. Between the years of 1887 and 1893, Curtis divided his time between photographing the mountains in the summer and the wheat fields of the San Joaquín Valley in the

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Charles Clifford Curtis 35mm Slide Pioneering American Photographer Logging:
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