shirleygatewood

Shirley Gatewood performs in the rodeo with her horse: Lakeland, Florida

from Florida Memory

• monkeyfinger said:

  If this is 5x4 inches, does that mean it is a contact print? Interesting shot from a large format camera, if so...

• Florida Memory said:

  Thank you for your question, monkeyfinger. According to the photo archivist for the State Archives of Florida, when the prints of that time period (1940s) came to the Archives from the Department of Commerce they were mounted on a card with information about each photo. The original negatives were 4x5, and the contact print was made directly from the negative. Hope that helps.

• monkeyfinger said:

  Thank you for your answer. I suppose most press cameras from that era were still 5x4. This is a wonderful image.