File:The Ames Monument, erected in 1880 in a desolate stretch of rural Albany County, Wyoming LCCN2015632842.tif

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English: Title: The Ames Monument, erected in 1880 in a desolate stretch of rural Albany County, Wyoming

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Notes: Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; The pyramidal stone monument, which from a distance mimicks the rocky landscape, was designed by prominent American architect Henry Hobson Richardson, for whom "Richardsonian Romanesque" an entire style of architecture. The Ames Monument is dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr. The brothers garnered credit for connecting the nation by rail upon completion of the United States' First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. The monument marked the highest point on the transcontinental railroad at 8,247 feet. However, the Union Pacific Railroad Company twice relocated the tracks farther south, causing the town of Sherman that arose near the monument to become a ghost town. The railroad spared no expense (including Richardson's fee) in creating the monument, effectively to itself.; Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).

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Taken on 7 June 2015, 14:10 (according to Exif data)

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Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2015632842
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/32800/32827a.tif
Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.32827

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Carol M. Highsmith (1946–)

	Alternative names	Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith Carol McKinney Highsmith
	Description	American photographer and architectural photographer
	Date of birth	18 May 1946
	Location of birth	Leaksville, North Carolina
	Work period	1981-
	Work location	United States of America
	Authority file	: Q5044454 VIAF: 84615840 ISNI: 0000000121418199 ULAN: 500251255 LCCN: n88121701 NAID: 10571735 WorldCat

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Camera location	41° 07′ 51.42″ N, 105° 23′ 52.06″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	41.130950; -105.397795

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Image title	The Ames Monument, erected in 1880 in a desolate stretch of rural Albany County, Wyoming. The pyramidal stone monument, which from a distance mimicks the rocky landscape, was designed by prominent American architect Henry Hobson Richardson, for whom "Richardsonian Romanesque" an entire style of architecture. The Ames Monument is dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, Jr. The brothers garnered credit for connecting the nation by rail upon completion of the United States' First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. The monument marked the highest point on the transcontinental railroad at 8,247 feet. However, the Union Pacific Railroad Company twice relocated the tracks farther south, causing the town of Sherman that arose near the monument to become a ghost town. The railroad spared no expense (including Richardson's fee) in creating the monument, effectively to itself.
Camera manufacturer	NIKON CORPORATION
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Author	Carol M. Highsmith
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Date and time of data generation	14:10, 7 June 2015
Lens focal length	24 mm
Latitude	41° 7′ 51.42″ N
Longitude	105° 23′ 52.06″ W
Altitude	2,522 meters above sea level
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File change date and time	16:57, 10 June 2015
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Focal plane resolution unit	3
Sensing method	One-chip color area sensor
File source	Digital still camera
Scene type	A directly photographed image
Custom image processing	Normal process
Exposure mode	Manual exposure
White balance	Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio	1
Focal length in 35 mm film	24 mm
Scene capture type	Standard
Scene control	None
Contrast	Normal
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Subject distance range	Unknown
GPS time (atomic clock)	20:10
Satellites used for measurement	10
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GPS date	7 June 2015
GPS tag version	0.0.3.2

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