Magic Lantern photo show
I just found out about a great online photo collection from the U.S. Forest Service. The site, www.blackhillsforest.com/res/sites/bkf2/, features all kinds of photos of the Black Hills and other National Forests. But the real money shots are from the old Civilian Conservation Corps days in the Black Hills.
If you go to the site, search for ccc. You’ll see the Forest Service’s collection of hand-colored “Magic Lantern” glass slides depicting life in the CCC camps. There are boxers at Roubaix (It’s wasn’t Roubaix Lake until the CCC built it), tree-planting in the Black Hills, and a swimming hole at Boxelder Forks campground. There are also a number of scenic photos of the Black Hills and Badlands.
If you click on the images below, you can see a hi-res version of each picture.
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- Boxing match at Camp F-6 Roubaix.
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- Planting on a gravel slope in the Black Hills.
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- Roughlock Falls, Little Spearfish Canyon. Taken by Reclamation Service.
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- Raft on Box Elder Forks Campground Swimming Pool.
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- Entrance, School of Mines Canyon, from Sheep Mountain, near Scenic. L44 FN1
Awesome photographs. Thank you for making them available.
Thanks for taking a look. I really like old, hand-tinted photos. They seem to give the world such a warm glow. Could be why I used to collect old postcards.