Cement Barn On The Fred Russell Farm
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1890
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19770232001
- Physical Description
- 2 Black and white photographs Negative available
- Scope and Content
- Alex Johnston examines a cement barn on the Fred Russell Farm.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1890
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 Black and white photographs Negative available
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- The barn appears to have been constructed from a bed of fossilized oyster shells found in the vicinity of Glenwood. The shells was heated until the calcium found in the shell turned to crude cement. See attached for further information on the material of the barns. Photographer Ken Liddell.
- Acquisition Source
- Johnston Alexander
- Scope and Content
- Alex Johnston examines a cement barn on the Fred Russell Farm.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19770232001
- Collection
- Archive
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