United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1871-1877 Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 4 3/4 x 7 3/4; Type of Image: Landscape; Person, Candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Pictorial works
Photographic print
Landscape
Person, candid
Place:
United States
West (U.S.)
Date:
1872
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Used in Holmes ' 'Random Records of a Lifetime Devoted to Science and Art, 1846-1929', Vol.III, page 42. See also "Hayden and His Men", a selection of 108 photographs by Willliam Henry Jackson, plate 20, compiled by Frank Chambers.
Summary:
A man sits astride a mule pulling a cart with an odometer used to record the distances, run by Mr. Goodfellow, 1872. The odometer, made by attaching a pair of shafts to the fore wheels of an ambulance, to the spokes of which were attached the instruments that recorded their revolutions and measured the surface of the country over which it passed. These were the first wheels that were ever taken into this little-known region, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. During the Yellowstone expeditions led by Ferdinand V. Hayden, mules not only carried packs but pulled wagons and even odometers which measured distance for mapmakers. Collections from the expedition were given to the Smithsonian Institution.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, Box 11, Folder: 1
