Figures in a Western landscape : reading the art of Titian Ramsay Peale from the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1819-1820 / by Kenneth Haltman
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey) Search this
Names:
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey) -- Pictorial works Search this
Extent:
1 Album (30 photographic prints, all ill., 36 cm.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Place:
West (U.S.) -- history -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Pictorial works
Rocky Mountains -- Pictorial works
Date:
1871
Summary:
Includes photographs from the Wasatch Mountains sub-series (Ogden; Cache Valley; Bear River; Gooseberry Creek; Red Rock Pass); and also photographs of Fort Hall, Idaho; Snake River; Pleasant Valley; Portneuf Canyon, Idaho; Red Rock Mountains; hydraulic gold mining at Alder Gulch, near Virginia City, Montana; the camp at Fort Ellis, Montana; Shadow [i.e. Mystic] Lake; and the headwaters of the Gallatin.
General note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Album of photographs (positives) by William Henry Jackson.
Each photograph is mounted on ivory cardstock, with single gilt rule border around print, with gilt-lettered captions ("W.H. Jackson, photo.", "Washington, D.C.", and frequently the place name).
Most of the photographs have a catalog number that was apparently scratched into the negative.
Most of the cardstock mounts have handwritten pencil notes giving the U.S. Geological Survey accession number, the year 1871, and, in some cases, more details about the location.
Image sizes vary, and are mostly 13 x 22 cm. or 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Local Notes:
SCNHRB copy 39088016537961 has photographs numbered (on image): 165, 167-181, 183-186, 188-191, 194-199.
SCNHRB copy has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine. With binder's label for Heckman Bindery.
Topic:
Geology -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Gold mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Geological surveys -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Lewis & Clark : an illustrated history / by Dayton Duncan, based on a documentary film by Ken Burns ... ; preface by Ken Burns and contributions by Stephen E. Ambrose, Erica Funkhouser, William Least Heat-Moon
Title:
Journey of the Corps of Discovery
Lewis & Clark : the journey of the Corps of Discovery, an illustrated history
Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States / obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler ... in charge
Title:
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), 1875 DSI
War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army
Geographical explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, expedition of 1871 under command of Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Eng'rs
Author:
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) Search this
Wheeler, George M (George Montague) 1842-1905 Search this
Pacific images : views from Captain Cook's third voyage : engravings and descriptions from A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, volumes I, II, and III, and the Atlas by Captain James Cook and Captain James King, published as the official edition of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in London, 1784 / Eleanor C. Nordyke, in collaboration with James A. Mattison, Jr
