Two versions of a viewbook, each with a different binding, that consist of photographs along the Columbia River, as well as images of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, created by Isaac Grundy Davidson and compiled by printer George H. Himes, both from Portland, Oregon, ca. 1879. One volume bound in wood and ebony, and the other volume bound in leather. Several images relate to the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad and to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, General overviews of the Columbia River include views of the Lower Cascades and Upper Cascades, as well as a copy photograph from a painting. Views along the Columbia River in Washington include Beacon Rock (referred to as Castle Rock), Gibraltar Rock, Cape Horn, and Cape Disappointment at the mouth of river, as well as a view of Bradford Island in Oregon, Images of Idaho along the Clark Fork River include views of Cabinet Gorge and of the communities of Clark Fork and Cabinet, as well as images of railway construction by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company that consist of a trestle bridge under construction at Clark Fork and railway grading at Big Bluff. Other images of Idaho include the military compound at Fort Coeur d'Alene (which became Fort Sherman), Coeur d'Alene Lake, and locations along the Snake River, Images of Oregon include views of rock formations consisting of Rooster Rock and Twin Rocks; views of waterfalls that include Bridal Veil Falls, Latourell Falls, and Multnomah Falls; views of a train of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company along the Umatilla River and Crested Butte; views of Meacham Creek and Meacham Creek Canyon; and views of the Oregon cities of Astoria and Portland, Photographs of Washington include several views of the Spokane Falls on the Spokane River; several views of Mount Rainier (identified as Mount Tacoma); overviews of Seattle that show Puget Sound; a view of North Fork Canyon of the Puyallup River; and a view of a railroad trestle near Riparia on the Snake River, and The volume with leather binding includes two additional images that consist of a view of the breakers at Cape Disappointment and a copy photograph of the painting by maritime artist Cleveland Rockwell that depicts of the mouth of the Columbia River
Description:
The complete title of the volume is “Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Glimpses of pretty spots along the valley of the Columbia River from Northern Montana to the Pacific Ocean. Scenery along the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, showing the new trans-continental route in process of construction.”, The ebony and wood bound volume includes statement on the title page, “Bound in Oregon woods and Alaska cedar, prepared by the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company.”, Photographic prints mounted on boards with letterpress captions below each print., Captions in several negatives., and The leather bound volume includes a receipt laid in from the Cadmus Book Shop, New York, to Edward Eberstadt, 1923.
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest, Pacific, Astoria (Or.), Beacon Rock (Wash.), Bradford Island (Or.), Bridal Veil Falls (Or.), Cabinet (Idaho), Cape Disappointment State Park (Wash.), Clark Fork (Idaho : Town), Clark Fork (Mont. and Idaho), Coeur d'Alene Lake (Idaho), Columbia River, Fort Sherman (Idaho), Idaho, Latourell Falls (Or.), Meacham Creek (Or.), Meacham Creek Canyon (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), Oregon, Portland (Or.), Puget Sound (Wash.), Puyallup River (Wash.), Rainier, Mount (Wash.), Riparia (Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Spokane Falls (Wash. : Waterfall), Umatilla River (Or.), and Washington (State)
Subject (Name):
Davidson, I. G. 1845-1922. (Isaac Grundy),, Himes, George H., 1844-1940., Rockwell, Cleveland, 1837-1907., Northern Pacific Railway Company, Oregon Furniture Manufacturing Company., and Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Photographs of Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, and Utah, including views of the Humbolt Mountains, Pyramid Lake and mining districts in Nevada; Shoshone Falls and the Snake River in Idaho; Twin Bluffs along the Green River in Wyoming; the Grand Canyon in Arizona; and Weber Canyon in Utah
Description:
Accompanied by a box list., Manuscript captions on otherwise plain mounts., and O'Sullivan served as photographer to Clarence King's Exploration of the 40th Parallel (1867-1869, 1872), and to George Wheeler's Expeditions & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871, 1873). Most of these photographs can be matched to those taken for these surveys.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Arizona, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) and United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1873.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 53
Container / Volume:
Volume (copy 2)
Image Count:
94
Abstract:
Two versions of a viewbook distributed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories in 1873 with mounted photographic prints created by William Henry Jackson of camps, geothermal features, and landscape primarily in Yellowstone National Park and Montana, 1872, Images of camps established by members of the United States Geological Survey include sites in the Lower Firehole River Basin of Yellowstone National Park; at the mouth of Teton Canyon, Montana; on the shore of Mystic Lake, Gallatin County, Montana; in the Wasatch Mountains near Ogden, Utah; and at Fort Hall, Idaho, Images of geothermal features in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park include the crater of Old Faithful, the Grand Geyser in eruption, Castle Geyser, and the crater of Grotto Geyser, Images of geothermal features in the Lower Basin of Yellowstone National Park consist of several views of Mammoth Hot Springs on the Gardner River and a view of the calcium carbonate cone known as Cap of Liberty, An image shows the Architectural Geyser in the Lower Firehole River Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Images of rivers in Yellowstone National Park include views along the Yellowstone River consisting of the Upper Falls, the Lower Falls, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, as well as a view of Tower Fall, a waterfall on Tower Creek. Several images depict the Yellowstone River Valley, Images of Gallatin County, Montana, include a view of the Needle, a rock pinnacle in Bridger Canyon; views of Mystic Lake; views of the Gallatin River include trails along the river and the walls of Gallatin Canyon, as well as Arched Falls; and views of Mount Blackmore and its vicinity that include views of the mountain and Palace Butte, and Images of mountains in what became Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, include Grand Teton (referred to as Mount Hayden) and the Teton Range
Description:
Each photograph is accompanied by a guard sheet with descriptive letter-press captions., Photographs on mounts of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories., Both volumes have the same contents of photographic prints with variations in the orientation of prints and the binding., and One volume possesses slightly more gilded ornamentation on its boards as well as gilded edges to the individual mounts.
Publisher:
Government Printing Office
Subject (Geographic):
Yellowstone National Park., Blackmore, Mount (Mont.), Bridger Canyon (Mont.), Firehole River (Wyo.), Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort), Gallatin Canyon (Mont.), Gallatin River (Wyo. and Mont.), Grand Teton (Wyo.), Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.), Idaho, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River (Wyo.), Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.), Montana, Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho), Tower Creek (Wyo.), Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River (Wyo.), Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.), Utah, Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho), Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone River, and Yellowstone River Valley
Subject (Name):
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. and Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Discoveries in geography, American, Rock formations, United States, Discovery and exploration, and Surveys
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1873.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 53
Container / Volume:
Volume (copy 1)
Image Count:
93
Abstract:
Two versions of a viewbook distributed by the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories in 1873 with mounted photographic prints created by William Henry Jackson of camps, geothermal features, and landscape primarily in Yellowstone National Park and Montana, 1872, Images of camps established by members of the United States Geological Survey include sites in the Lower Firehole River Basin of Yellowstone National Park; at the mouth of Teton Canyon, Montana; on the shore of Mystic Lake, Gallatin County, Montana; in the Wasatch Mountains near Ogden, Utah; and at Fort Hall, Idaho, Images of geothermal features in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park include the crater of Old Faithful, the Grand Geyser in eruption, Castle Geyser, and the crater of Grotto Geyser, Images of geothermal features in the Lower Basin of Yellowstone National Park consist of several views of Mammoth Hot Springs on the Gardner River and a view of the calcium carbonate cone known as Cap of Liberty, An image shows the Architectural Geyser in the Lower Firehole River Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Images of rivers in Yellowstone National Park include views along the Yellowstone River consisting of the Upper Falls, the Lower Falls, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, as well as a view of Tower Fall, a waterfall on Tower Creek. Several images depict the Yellowstone River Valley, Images of Gallatin County, Montana, include a view of the Needle, a rock pinnacle in Bridger Canyon; views of Mystic Lake; views of the Gallatin River include trails along the river and the walls of Gallatin Canyon, as well as Arched Falls; and views of Mount Blackmore and its vicinity that include views of the mountain and Palace Butte, and Images of mountains in what became Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, include Grand Teton (referred to as Mount Hayden) and the Teton Range
Description:
Each photograph is accompanied by a guard sheet with descriptive letter-press captions., Photographs on mounts of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories., Both volumes have the same contents of photographic prints with variations in the orientation of prints and the binding., and One volume possesses slightly more gilded ornamentation on its boards as well as gilded edges to the individual mounts.
Publisher:
Government Printing Office
Subject (Geographic):
Yellowstone National Park., Blackmore, Mount (Mont.), Bridger Canyon (Mont.), Firehole River (Wyo.), Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort), Gallatin Canyon (Mont.), Gallatin River (Wyo. and Mont.), Grand Teton (Wyo.), Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.), Idaho, Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River (Wyo.), Mammoth Hot Springs (Wyo.), Montana, Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho), Tower Creek (Wyo.), Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River (Wyo.), Upper Geyser Basin (Wyo.), Utah, Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho), Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone River, and Yellowstone River Valley
Subject (Name):
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. and Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Discoveries in geography, American, Rock formations, United States, Discovery and exploration, and Surveys
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. and Each photograph is labeled with a site number located on the bottom left corner on the back of the print.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, West (U.S.), and 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., and Rephotographic Survey Project.
Subject (Topic):
Landscape photography and Photography in geography
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:
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., and 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.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)
Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909, photographer
Published / Created:
[circa 1880]
Call Number:
WA Photos 727
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
52
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album with photographs taken by C. R. Savage of Snake River in Idaho, circa 1880. Depicted are the Shoshone Falls, Blue Lakes, and a ferry crossing the river
Description:
Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909), British-born landscape photographer of the American West, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1848. In 1856, Savage immigrated to New York and began photography assignments from the LDS Church. He moved with his family to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1860. In 1862, he formed a partnership with George Martin Ottinger--the firm, Savage & Ottinger, was legally dissolved in 1870. From 1870 to 1875, Savage ran the Pioneer Art Gallery; from 1875 to 1883, he ran the Art Bazaar. His negatives were destroyed in a fire on 1883 June 26; the Art Bazaar, however, remained open until 1926, when Savage's sons closed its doors permanently., Captions in English., Captions in the negative., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Idaho, Blue Lakes (Idaho), Shoshone Falls (Idaho), and Snake River, South Fork (Idaho)
