W. H. Holmes collection of photographs of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming Territories and Mexico [graphic].
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2010317
Description
- Title
- W. H. Holmes collection of photographs of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming Territories and Mexico [graphic].
- Contributor
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James, George Wharton, 1858-1923.
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. - Published / Created
- ca. 1870-1898.
- Abstract
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Photographs by William Henry Jackson and others of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho, including views in Utah of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, the Great Natural Bridge, the Great Dragon Rock, Echo and Marble Canyons and Monument Park. There are also photographs of the Garden of the Gods and Uncompagre peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado, and views of the Yellowstone River and of the Badlands in Wyoming, and Port Neuf Canyon in Idaho. In Mexico, there is a view of Popcatapetl peak
- Description
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William Henry Holmes was a topographic artist with the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden. In 1872 and again in 1878 he was with Hayden in the Yellowstone, and in 1874 he and the photographer William Henry Jackson explored the Mesa Verde region of Colorado. Holmes headed a division exploring the San Juan Region of Colorado in 1875, and was later in Idaho.
Holmes continued his work as a geologist and topographer with the United States Geological Survey in the Grand Canyon in 1880, and his topographic drawings became the basic illustrations for Clarence E. Dutton's 'Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon.' He later served as chief of archaeological field work with the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution.
Manuscript captions written on verso of many photographs and inscribed into negatives of others. The single photograph by G. Wharton James bears a Bureau of Ethnology stamp. - Provenance
- Purchased from the Andrew Smith Gallery, 1991.
- Extent
- 31 photographic prints : 22.2 x 17.0 cm. or smaller.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 89
- Related Resource Online
- View digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Card photographs (photographs)
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Yellowstone River
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
West (U.S.) - Subject (Name)
- Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933.
- Subjects
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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
Utah > Pictorial works
Colorado > Pictorial works
Idaho > Pictorial works
Yellowstone River > Pictorial works
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Pictorial works
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3826969
- Object ID (OID)
- 2010317
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