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Rasmus Petersen's Rock Garden and house, located near Redmond, Oregon, ca. 1940-1950
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| Title | Rasmus Petersen's Rock Garden and house, located near Redmond, Oregon, ca. 1940-1950 |
| Photographer | Symons, Myron |
| Date | ca. 1940-1950 |
| Notes | PH Coll 652.10 |
| Contextual Notes | Rasmus Petersen was born in 1883 in Denmark. In 1900, Petersen immigrated to the United States and settled in the state of Oregon in the vicinity of Redmond near the Cascade Mountains in 1906. He built a two-story Craftsman house and adjoining farm. As a personal hobby, he began collecting rocks on his land, including Oregon agates, obsidian, petrified wood, malachite, and jasper. In 1935, Petersen began building miniature buildings, monuments, and bridges out of rocks. By his death in 1952, Petersen had created a four-acre rock garden. Petersen's Rock Garden (called Petersen Rock Garden and Museum from the mid 1950s on) is a well-known Oregon roadside attraction.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Rock gardens--Oregon--Redmond; Houses--Oregon--Redmond; Redmond (Or.)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Petersen Rock Garden and Museum; Petersen, Rasmus--Homes and haunts--Oregon--Redmond |
| Location Depicted | United States--Oregon--Redmond |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3965
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Farm Home of Rasmus Petersen, Redmond, Oregon. PH Coll 652 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010 |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page
http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
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