Snowflakes -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Wilson A. Bentley Photographs
Collection
Identifier: mss-021
Abstract
W.A. Bentley (1865-1931) is best known for his lantern slides of snowflakes, which gave him his nickname. This collection shows Bentley as a photographer of great talent and artistic sense beyond the technical ability requisite to his snowflake photography. Bentley’s relatives and neighbors, in Jericho, Vt., are the subjects of the photographs, as well as unpublished photographs of clouds, and some unpublished photographs of snowflakes. The collection illustrates how Bentley worked and the...
Dates:
circa 1885-1929
