Photo courtesy of Georgia Wenz. Pinedale 1906 View looking north on Franklin Ave. Photo courtesy of Paul Allen. The Sublette County Historic Preservation Board has been working since May 1998 to find and computerize photographs that document the history of Sublette County and its residents. Over 5000 images have been collected and scanned.
Memories can fade, but photographs are able to preserve a moment in time forever.
Many of these valuable photographs that document our history are held in private collections where only a small number of people ever get to see them. Even those held at the museums are difficult to access because only a few can be displayed and originals are often fragile and have to be protected from handling. By computerizing these images, entire collections can be made available to everyone via CD-ROMs and the internet. Allthough this project is 2 years old, it is just the beginning. A database providing context and descriptions about the photographs will be added as well as a search capability to make particular images easier to find.