Fred Bridenstine Negative Collection
Item
Title
Fred Bridenstine Negative Collection
Description
This project would digitize the extensive collection of negatives created by Fred Bridenstine over a 50 year period starting in 1940 in Beaverhead County, Montana. He was a gifted amateur photographer as well as a dedicated outdoors-man with a fine collection of cameras. He was the official rodeo photographer for 30 years, retiring at age 75, saying: I had many close calls but was never hurt." He photographed all of the local athletic teamsthe major buildings in the community both old and newthe mines in the county, many of the ranches and nearly every lake and stream that could be reached by foot or horseback.
Abstract
The negatives were donated to the Museum by the son of the photographer and the collection additionally includes thousands of portraits which will be digitized at a later date. The subjects, as well as rodeos and fairs, include mining, ranching, local mountains and lakes, homes and buildings, social events, athletic teams and anything else that caught his fancy. The negatives are mostly black & white in a variety of sizes but also include some color negatives.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1940 - 1980
Spatial Coverage
Beaverhead County, Montana is the largest county in the state and one of the first settled.
Extent
14410 Negatives
Institution
Applicant Unit
Identifier
PI2 Institution
Archivist
PI2 Name
Ms. Michele
PI3 Name
Ms.
Primary Contact
Ms. Dorothy Stout
Request
$23,206.00