Robert Kirker collection of panoramic negatives of Santa Rita mines
Unprocessed
Identifier: RG-2024-016
Content Description
Eight panoramic negatives and four prints depicting Santa Rita, New Mexico and the Chino (Santa Rita del Cobre) mines. Also includes one copy of a color panoramic photo of the Santa Rita open pit copper mine, and five copies of fragments of other panoramic photos depicting Santa Rita. One of the negatives is in a box with the date 10 August 1941. The others are undated. The negatives were acquired by Robert Kirker, a lifelong employee at the Chino Mines, from the Kennecott Copper Corporation, which was disposing of them.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
Received from the Institute for Historical Survey Foundation, where Robert Kirker had donated them
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1941-08-10, undated
Extent
8 Photographic Negatives : Panoramic photographs
5 Photographic Prints