- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- T. K. Peters
- Date of Original:
- 1937/1973
- Subject:
- Inventors--Georgia--Atlanta
Photographers--Georgia--Atlanta
Archivists--Georgia--Atlanta
Books--Georgia--Atlanta
Microfilms--Georgia--Atlanta
Historians--Georgia--Atlanta
Time capsules--Georgia--Atlanta
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Peters, Thomas Kimmwood, 1879-1973
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Inventor, photographer, and crypt archivist T. K. Peters examines the crypt's microfilm. Peters was the only newsreel photographer to film the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 and the construction of the Panama Canal. After the crypt project, he restored the collection of Confederate flags in Georgia's capitol.
Photograph of inventor, photographer, and Crypt of Civilization archivist T. K. Peters examining a strip of microfilm. He sits at a table, and two stacks of large books sit behind him. The Crypt of Civilization, a multimillennial time capsule, is a chamber that was sealed behind a stainless steel door in 1940 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia. Peters, who supervised construction of the crypt and served as its archivist, was the only newsreel photographer to film the San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 and the construction of the Panama Canal. After the crypt project, he restored the collection of Confederate flags in Georgia's capitol. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-of-civilization/m-1745/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Oglethorpe University Archives
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/crypt-civilization
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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