Identifier |
000512.TIF |
Source |
000512.TIF |
Title |
3rd Presbyterian Church Choir 1927-1928 |
Subject |
Choirs (Music); Church schools--Utah--Salt Lake City; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Presbyterians -- Utah; Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Sugar House (Salt Lake City, Utah); Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
OCR Text |
Show A group photograph of twenty men and women who consisted of the 3rd Presbyterian Church Choir of Westminster College, 1927-1928. The group is assembled in a traditional three row fashion and is poised on the front entry stairs of what appears to be Ferry Hall. The twenty choir members are all are wearing dark choir robes, and affixed to the women's robes are white dickies, except the woman at far left on the second row. The men's robes are collarless; however the collars of light colored shirts and ties can be seen underneath the robes. There is no foreground to the photograph as the bottom border cuts off the front row at the knee. |
Further Information |
This photograph is in excellent condition. It is free of any tares and signs of aging that are common with photographs of this era. The front is free of any handwritten marks; however, there is an unusually large white border around the entire photograph. The actual photograph is smaller than the dimension of the development paper it was printed on. The result is a lack of a foreground and the legs of the front row being cut off at the knees. The only handwritten mark on the entire photograph appears in pen on the back. Written is, "3rd Pres. Church Choir Westminster College 1927-1928." The origins of the choir are unknown. It appears to be more of a church function than a school function although in this time period the lines between the two where very obscure. There is no evidence of this being a school organization after investigating several back issues of Westminster College's yearbook the Etosian. Choir organizations affiliated with academia during this time went by the n |
Funding |
The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah. |
Publisher |
Westminster College |
Date |
1927; 1928 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Language |
eng |
Coverage |
1927-1928 |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
Westminster College |
Source Physical Dimensions |
Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600 |
Source Resolution |
400ppi |
Display Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wx0pm7 |
Setname |
wc_pc |
ID |
1094259 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wx0pm7 |