Rephotographic Survey Project photographs

Description

Title: Rephotographic Survey Project photographs
Creator: Rephotographic Survey Project
Published / Created: 1984-1985.
Abstract: 35 pairs of photographs selected from the 122 sites visited by the Rephotographic Survey Project. The pairs consist of a copy print made from a nineteenth century image, and a print made from the Survey's field negatives
Description: The Rephotographic Survey Project, which operated between 1977 and 1979, visited the sites of photographs taken in the nineteenth century and rephotographed them. The original landscape, photography from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, and Nevada were originally made by William Henry Jackson, Timothy O'Sullivan, John Hillers, Andrew J. Russell, and Alexander Gardner.
Each photograph is labeled with a site number located on the bottom left corner on the back of the print.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1997.
Extent: 70 photographic prints : 20 x 25.3 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Digitization Note: Captions derived from print list that accompanies collection.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
West (U.S.)
Wyoming
Subject (Name): Bushaw, Gordon.
Dingus, Rick, 1951-
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882.
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925.
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Klett, Mark, 1952-
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882.
Russell, Andrew J.
Rephotographic Survey Project.
Subject (Topic): Landscape photography
Photography in geography
Subjects: Bushaw, Gordon
Dingus, Rick, 1951-
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Klett, Mark, 1952-
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Russell, Andrew J.
Rephotographic Survey Project
Arizona > Pictorial works
Colorado > Pictorial works
Idaho > Pictorial works
New Mexico > Pictorial works
Nevada > Pictorial works
Utah > Pictorial works
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
Landscape photography
Photography in geography
Wyoming > Pictorial works

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Rephotographic Survey Project Photographs. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.