Bell, William Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) OSullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905
Published / Created:
1871-73?]
Call Number:
Wa Photos Folio 55
Image Count:
68
Abstract:
The photographs prints are arranged into three consecutive series, "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona - Expedition of 1871," with photographs by OSullivan; "Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian - Expedition of 1872," with photographs by Bell
Description:
Album of mounted photographs created by Timonthy H. OSullivan and William Bell that document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler, 1871-1873. The album was compiled by the War Department, ca. 1873-1874.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona., Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Nevada., New Mexico., Southwest, New., Utah., West (U.S.), and Zuni (N.M.)
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians., Canyons., Discoveries in geography., Landscape photography., Navajo Indians., Paiute Indians., and Pueblos
Begins with two printed poems "The Stone Giant's Bowl" and "The Ice Dragon's Nest" and two facsimile letters written during Clarence King's trip in the Uintah Mountains to his sister Marion and to "Lall" and "Jan."
Alternative Title:
The three lakes
Description:
Blank versos of mounted photographs not reproduced. and Unidentified manuscript inscription on title page.
Subject (Geographic):
Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.), Utah, West (U.S.), and Wyoming
The album contains advertisements by other New Haven businesses on the front pastedown and versos of almost every photograph, although some versos are blank.
Description:
Letterpress captions on mounts., Probably distributed by C. M. Loomis, dealer in musical merchandise in New Haven, Connecticut., and Reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated.
Subject (Geographic):
Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Salt Lake City, and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Austin, Henry, 1804-1891, Bundy, J. K., C.M. Loomi, J.N. Isbell & Co. (New Haven, Conn.), John E. Bassett & Company, Loomis, C. M. (Clark Merrick), 1829-1890, Russell, R. C., Union Pacific Railroad Company, Wheeler & Wilson Company, and Young, Brigham, 1801-1877
Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869.
Description:
Formally cataloged as: ZZc10 870ru. and Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume.Many of the photographs appear also in his The Great West Illustrated, 1869.
Publisher:
[Boston A. Mudge & Son Print.]
Subject (Geographic):
Salt Lake City and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Cities and towns, Landscape photography, Log cabins, Mormons, Railroads, and Rivers