West of Imperial, Nebraska, June 25, 1919
The original caption reads "A prairie detour out from Imperial, Nebraska." The Spallholz family spent the night of June 24, 1919 in McCook, Nebraska, and continued west on Route 6 the next day. Here, west of Imperial, they've had to make a detour for some reason. There's no information available regarding the cause of the diversion, but a common reason for leaving the normal route (if unpaved) is a wash-out from flooding. Here Ernie and Walter are taking a break, walking around while Henry snaps this pic. They've both got rags and might be wiping away sweat. Early summer sun is pouring down and it's probably pretty hot. Imperial is in southwest Nebraska (Chase County), on Route 6 about 25 miles east of the Colorado state line. I can't help wondering how big the Haynes gas tank was, and what kind of mileage they got.
The image emulsion suffered damage before mounting the lantern slide cover glass. There were significant scratches, possibly from grit present when the film was wiped or squeegeed. There were also a large number of irregularities that could have been caused by bubbles in the developing solution.
This image is from a scan of the original 3.25" x 4" glass lantern slide, part of a collection of photographs taken by H. A. Spallholz, his wife Lizzie, in the summer of 1919. He was the manager of the Manhattan Shirt Company in Salem, NY at the time, and took his family on a drive to the west coast and back in a Haynes automobile, possibly a Haynes “Light Six”. He was careful to label each image, something every photographer should do. All the photos of the trip were taken with two cameras, a Kodak 3A Autographic and a 3A Graflex. They both used the same "post card" sized 3A film ( 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"). Each camera appears in a few of his trip images.
West of Imperial, Nebraska, June 25, 1919
The original caption reads "A prairie detour out from Imperial, Nebraska." The Spallholz family spent the night of June 24, 1919 in McCook, Nebraska, and continued west on Route 6 the next day. Here, west of Imperial, they've had to make a detour for some reason. There's no information available regarding the cause of the diversion, but a common reason for leaving the normal route (if unpaved) is a wash-out from flooding. Here Ernie and Walter are taking a break, walking around while Henry snaps this pic. They've both got rags and might be wiping away sweat. Early summer sun is pouring down and it's probably pretty hot. Imperial is in southwest Nebraska (Chase County), on Route 6 about 25 miles east of the Colorado state line. I can't help wondering how big the Haynes gas tank was, and what kind of mileage they got.
The image emulsion suffered damage before mounting the lantern slide cover glass. There were significant scratches, possibly from grit present when the film was wiped or squeegeed. There were also a large number of irregularities that could have been caused by bubbles in the developing solution.
This image is from a scan of the original 3.25" x 4" glass lantern slide, part of a collection of photographs taken by H. A. Spallholz, his wife Lizzie, in the summer of 1919. He was the manager of the Manhattan Shirt Company in Salem, NY at the time, and took his family on a drive to the west coast and back in a Haynes automobile, possibly a Haynes “Light Six”. He was careful to label each image, something every photographer should do. All the photos of the trip were taken with two cameras, a Kodak 3A Autographic and a 3A Graflex. They both used the same "post card" sized 3A film ( 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"). Each camera appears in a few of his trip images.