Detail View: Image Archives: Bougainville Island

File Name: 
2015.12-4.jpg
catalog number: 
2015.12-4
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Bougainville Island
creator: 
Conrad J. Johnson
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Jill Skorpen
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Bougainville Island, Crown Prince Range. Typed on envelope " Looking toward the Northeast seacoast of Bougainville from the summit of Mt. Guinot. Kopikiri Village lies in the valley between the point the picture was taken from and the mountain occupying the center of the picture. Vitu Point and Vitu Village lie on the projection on the seacoast noticeable about 2/3 of the way across the picture from the left." Scanning and access made possible by a grant from NEH.
subject terms: 
Johnson Collection; Bougainville Island; Papua New Guinea; Scenery; Landscapes
date: 
August 1949
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
Papua New Guinea, Autonomous Region of Bougainville
modified: 
yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.58 MB
source: 
2.25X2.25 nitrate negative; scanned with Epson Expression 10000X at 2400 dpi.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science