Detail View: Image Archives: Bougainville Island

File Name: 
2015.12-39.jpg
catalog number: 
2015.12-39
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Bougainville Island
creator: 
Conrad J. Johnson
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Jill Skorpen
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Bouganville Island, Cape Torokina. Typed on envelope "The LST 553 beached at the tip of Cape Torokina on July the 4th, 1949. Notice the display of the vessel's colors. Torokini Island can be seen in the extreme right foreground behind the LST. July, 1949 CJ Johnson." Scanning and access made possible by a grant from NEH.
subject terms: 
Johnson Collection; Bougainville Island; Papua New Guinea; LST 553; Cape Torokina;
date: 
July 4, 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: 
2.64 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