Photographs of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah
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Description
- Title
- Photographs of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah
- Creator
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- Contributor
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Bell, William, 1830-1910.
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918.
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882.
Wheeler, George M. 1842-1905. - Published / Created
- 1871-72.
- Abstract
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Mounted photographs of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah created by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, with a single photographic print by William Bell, that document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler for the United States War Department, 1871-1872. O'Sullivan created photographs from the 1871 expedition, and Bell created photographs from the 1872 expedition. Manuscript captions pasted on versos of mounts describe geological formations in detail, and are signed "G.K.G" (Grove Karl Gilbert), geologist with the Wheeler expedition 1871-1874
Photographs by O'Sullivan depict several locations along the Colorado River in the Black Canyon and the Grand Canyon. Photographs of Nevada include a view of men and women in the mining town of Logan and a view of eroded strata near Cottonwood Springs. A photograph of Utah consists of a detailed view of a rock marked with striations from wind erosion near Grand Wash, Utah (misidentified by a typescript caption as below Fortification Rock, Arizona).
The photograph by Bell shows the Colorado River and Marble Canyon (identified as Grand CanĚon) near the confluence with the Paria River in Arizona
Accompanied by an architectural detail drawing with graphical representations of a scarab, dagger, celestial symbols, and a horned toad or rodent, as well as manuscript passage attributed to Pliny the Elder
- Description
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Accompanied by a box list.
Title devised by cataloger.
Each photograph mounted on board with a descriptive letter-press captions: War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. Expeditions West of the 100th Meridian ... Lt. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'd'g., with title, series and number of image.
Numbers inscribed in some negatives. - Provenance
- Gift of the family of James Dwight Dana (Yale 1833), 1900.
- Extent
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12 photographic prints : 20 x 28 cm. on mounts 46 x 60 cm. or smaller.
1 drawing : 44.7 x 58.7 cm. - 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 Folio 56
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Drawings
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ; and ink and watercolor ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Arizona
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Logan (Nev.)
Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon)
Nevada
Paria River (Utah and Ariz.)
United States
Utah - Subject (Name)
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Bell, William, 1830-1910.
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918.
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Wheeler, George M. 1842-1905. (George Montague),
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
United States. War Department. - Subject (Topic)
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Architecture
Details
Exploring expeditions
Surveys - Subjects
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Bell, William, 1830-1910
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) > Pictorial works
United States. War Department
Architecture > Details > Drawings
Arizona > Pictorial works
Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.) > Pictorial works
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Pictorial works
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) > Pictorial works
Logan (Nev.) > Pictorial works
Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon) > Pictorial works
Nevada > Pictorial works
Paria River (Utah and Ariz.) > Pictorial works
United States > Exploring expeditions > Pictorial works
United States > Surveys > Pictorial works
Utah > 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.
- Citation
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Photographs of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3901617
- Object ID (OID)
- 2020032