3-D comes to Marquette. Actually, it was there 100 years ago

NEWS RELEASE

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

****************************** Michigan Iron Industry Museum program brings rare 3-D photos into focus

Michigan Iron Industry Museum visitors can catch a lifelike glimpse of the past when photo historian Jack Deo presents Superior Views: A 3-D Look into the Past on Tuesday, July 27, at 2 p.m., the Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced today.

The hour-long presentation will highlight the three-dimensional photography of B.F. Childs of Marquette.

Considered one of the premier photographers of the Lake Superior region, Brainard F. Childs (1841-1921) documented the Upper Peninsula’s landscape with his camera.

His stereo photographs have recently been digitized for 3-D projection.

Deo’s audience will be provided with 3-D glasses, which will allow them to experience the depths of the iron mines, explore the Pictured Rocks caves and cliffs, and check out iron range communities almost as though they were there.

The program is the fourth in a seven-part Tuesday afternoon lecture series offered by the museum through mid-August.

Admission is free, but donations are encouraged.

Future programs include:

- Aug. 3 - Life in the Big Woods: Upper Peninsula Logging Camps - Troy Henderson, Marquette

- Aug. 10 - Negaunee’s Nitroglycerine Tragedy - Bill VanKosky, Marquette

- Aug. 17 - Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840-1990 - Larry Lankton, Michigan Technological University

The museum entrance is located on US-41E, a mile west of Junction M-35, in Negaunee Township.

The Michigan Iron Industry Museum is one of 11 nationally accredited museums administered by the Michigan Historical Center, an agency within the Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE).

It overlooks the site of the Carp River Forge, a pioneer industrial site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information about the afternoon program series or coming events call (906) 475-7857 or visit www.michigan.gov/ironindustrymuseum

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to the conservation, protection, management, accessible use and enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources and related economic interests for current and future generations.

Learn more at www.michgan.gov/dnre

****************************** Pictured: Brainard F. Childs. Photo courtesy of Superior View Studio.