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The Osbornes Project
Crater Lake, Watchman Lookout, Klamath County (Moe & Snyder, July 23, 1933).
The ORWW "Osbornes Project" was started in 2006 as a collaboration by (at that time) Oregon State University College of Forestry undergraduate student, Judd Lehman, and ORWW Program Manager, Bob Zybach. The basic idea was to revisit each of the fire lookout towers in Oregon from which an Osborne panoramic photo sequence had been taken in the 1930s (Arnst 1985), and then take additional panoramic photos in order to begin building a detailed Repeat Photography inventory (Zybach and Lapham 2004). The resulting spatial and temporal sequences are then permanently displayed on an ORWW website in order for others -- particularly students, teachers, researchers, and resource managers with an interest in Oregon history and resources -- to reference.
This project has been built from earlier efforts along these same lines, including Peterson and McMurray 1994; IamWho 2001; and Zybach and Meredith 2006.
Note: "Osbornes" or "Osborne photos" refers to the three landscape photographs taken from each Fire Lookout Tower in the 1930s with the specially-constructed "Osborne Camera" designed by William B. Osborne, of the US Forest Service. For more information, refer to Arnst 1985 (above).
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Sarlin & Birchill July 24, 1933 |
180° - 300° Grey Rock Douglas County |
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Moe & Cooper August 9, 1933 |
60° - 180° Abbott Butte Douglas County |
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Rittenhouse May 10, 1934 |
180° - 300° Devils Knob Douglas County |
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Moe & Birchall August 12, 1933 |
180° - 300° Lighthouse Douglas County |
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Rittenhouse & Snyder August 05, 1933 |
180° - 300° Power Lines Douglas County |
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Snyder July 28, 1933 |
180° - 300° Scrub Douglas County |
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Moe & Sorlin September 9, 1933 |
300° - 60° Wolf Rock Linn County |
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Moe & Sorlin September 9, 1933 |
300° - 60° Wolf Rock Linn County |
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Unknown Photographer July 08, 1938 |
180° - 300° Burn Douglas County |
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Moe & Rittenhouse July 17, 1933 |
180° - 300° Burn Douglas County |
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Unknown Photographer August 06, 1936 |
180° - 300° Forested Hills Douglas County |
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Moe & Rittenhouse August 08, 1933 |
180° - 300° Snags Douglas County |
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Rittenhouse June 26, 1937 |
60° - 180° Three Sisters Linn County |
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Cooper July 27, 1933 |
180° - 300° Flag Douglas County |
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Unknown Photographer July 16, 1937 |
60° - 180° Devils Knob Jackson County |
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Cooper July 27, 1933 |
180° - 300° Forest Douglas County |
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Snyder September 3, 1933 |
180° - 300° Latiwi Mountain Linn County |
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Unknown Photographer July 16, 1937 |
60° - 180° Latiwi Mountain Linn County |
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Unknown Photographer August 05, 1936 |
60° - 180° Devils Knob Douglas County |
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Rittenhouse June 26, 1937 |
60° - 180° Three Sisters Linn County |
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Rittenhouse June 26, 1937 |
60° - 180° Three Sisters Linn County |
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Unknown Photographer August 07, 1936 |
180° - 300° Butler Butte Douglas County |
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Moe & Birchall August 10, 1933 |
180° - 300° Fallen Trees Douglas County |
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Ragsdale Butte Unknown Photographer July 16, 1937 |
60° - 180° Devils Knob Rogue??? Douglas County |
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Rittenhouse & Snyder August 06, 1933 |
60° - 180° Devils Knob Douglas County |
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Red Butte Unknown Photographer July 16, 1937 |
60° - 180° Devils Knob Douglas County |
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Unknown Photographer June 4, 1937 |
180° - 300° Bloody Point Linn County |
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Sarlin June 10, 1934 |
60° - 180° Ore Creek South Santiam /Blue Linn County |
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Moe & Sarlin September 12, 1933 |
180° - 300° Two Girls Ridge Linn County |
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Rittenhouse June 26, 1937 |
60° - 180° Three Sisters Linn County |
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Rittenhouse June 5, 1934 |
60° - 180° Three Sisters Linn County |
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