For those interested in the Historic Preservation Projects in Besancon, Indiana updated 2-12-2007

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The file name of the image shows the Film Roll or Box number. The camera used was the type which spools all the film out of the canister when loaded.
It rewinds the film into the canister as each picture is taken. The result is the image numbers are in the reverse order that they were taken.

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Contact Sheets for the Color Slides, saved as four Adobe .PDF files.

Color Slide Roll 4779    (444K)    36 images of the Consolidated School exterior
Color Slide Roll 4780    (143K)    14 images of the Consolidated School interior
Color Slide Roll 4781    (428K)    37 images of the Old School interior and exterior
Color Slide Roll 4782    (399K)    37 images, 3 of Old School interior, 34 of Consolidated interior and exterior

Contact Sheets for the Black and White Prints, saved as three Adobe .PDF files.

Black & White Roll 7617    (1MB)    36 images of Both Schools, interior and exterior
Black & White Roll 7618    (1MB)    36 images of the Consolidated School interior
Black & White Roll 7619    (1MB)    36 images of Both Schools, interior and exterior

NOTE: Some photographs were taken with the camera in a vertical orientation, but the negatives were all scanned horizontally.

Links Related to this Project

Besancon Historical Society :    http://www.besanconhistory.org  

The City of Besancon France:    http://www.besancon.com/  

ARCH, the Project Advisor:         http://www.archfw.org/

For more information contact John Weddell, johnweddell@att.net.