Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Aftermath of Miller Park Fire |
Photographer |
Sherman, W.C. |
Catalog Number |
2005.11.03.m |
Description |
Aftermath of Miller Park Fire. 1887. B&W print photo, 4 1/2 x 7 5/8", mounted on mat board, showing landscape looking south with debris, lumber, barrel in foreground, and burnt trees in the background. W.C. Sherman, photographer. March 8, 1887. Notation on back: March 8, 1887-Fire destroyed some fifty cottages in or near the present Miller Park. His back to smoke still rising in the woods, a man carries an axe by a cottage still burning, and another untouched by the fire. Randall E. Widrig. W.C. Sherman, Mayville NY. |
Decade |
188 |
Collection |
Chautauqua Institution Photographic Collection |
Search Terms |
The Auditorium Miller Park Fires Widrig, Randall E. Sherman, W.C. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic (b&w) |
Classification |
Fires |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Print size |
4 1/2 x 7 5/8" |
Place |
Miller Park |
Studio |
Unknown |
Copyright |
Public Domain |
Date |
1887/03/08 |