File:"Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire LCCN2013650768.tif
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[edit]Description"Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire LCCN2013650768.tif |
English: Title: "Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire following an apparent electrical short-circuit in the mechanism that enabled the icon's mouth to move. Dallas, Texas
Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color. Notes: Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2013; (DLC/PP-2002:038-10).; Tex's voice was created by a live human, observing from a nearby trailer. Big Tex began as a Santa Claus -- the world's tallest at the time -- in little Kerens, Texas. But when the novelty wore off in 1951, the town sold the components to the Texas State Fair for $750. The fair hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material.; Forms part of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date, subject note, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. |
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Date | Taken on 14 October 2012, 13:21 (according to Exif data) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Camera location | 32° 46′ 46.66″ N, 96° 45′ 45.5″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 32.779627; -96.762638 |
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Image title | "Big Tex," a 52-foot-tall, metal-and-fabric talking cowboy who welcomed visitors to the Texas State Fair for 60 years, photographed in 2012, approximately one month before he was destroyed in a fire following an apparent electrical short-circuit in the mechanism that enabled the icon's mouth to move. Tex's voice was created by a live human, observing from a nearby trailer. Big Tex began as a Santa Claus -- the world's tallest at the time -- in little Karens, Texas. But when the novelty wore off in 1951, the town sold the components to the Texas State Fair for $750. The fair hired Dallas artist Jack Bridges to create a giant cowboy out of the material. |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
Camera model | NIKON D800 |
Author | Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith |
Exposure time | 1/250 sec (0.004) |
F-number | f/10 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 13:21, 14 October 2012 |
Lens focal length | 98 mm |
Latitude | 32° 46′ 46.66″ N |
Longitude | 96° 45′ 45.5″ W |
Altitude | 129 meters above sea level |
Width | 4,724 px |
Height | 4,912 px |
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Compression scheme | Uncompressed |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Image data location | 34,374 |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 4,912 |
Bytes per compressed strip | 139,225,728 |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Ver.1.00 |
File change date and time | 13:03, 14 November 2012 |
Exposure Program | Manual |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:21, 14 October 2012 |
APEX shutter speed | 7.965784 |
APEX aperture | 6.643856 |
APEX exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 8 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Focal plane X resolution | 204.84020996094 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 204.84020996094 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 4 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Manual exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 98 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
GPS time (atomic clock) | 21:21 |
Satellites used for measurement | 06 |
Geodetic survey data used | WGS 84 |
GPS date | 14 October 2012 |
GPS tag version | 2.3.0.0 |