Western Photograph Digital Collection featuring Timothy H. O’Sullivan

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The American Geographical Society Library has an extensive collection of western photographs by the photographers of the four great western surveys: William Henry Jackson, John K. Hillers, William Bell, Timothy O’Sullivan, Eadweard J. Muybridge and Carleton E. Watkins.

The Western Photograph Digital Collection presents 250 images from the American Geographical Society Library. The images selected are those of Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840-1882) and were taken during the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, 1867 – 1872 and the Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition, 1874 and other explorations of the early Western territories of the United States.

View the digital collection here: https://uwm.edu/lib-collections/western-photos/?fbclid=IwAR3_6YbX7Qrot_ljWp905P-mSlR7mkdrCKYI2LgoVFGNWDhWK07yq6IU9Dg

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    Russell Guy said:
    February 18, 2022 at 5:55 pm

    Hi;

    Do you anticipate scanning/posting any of your William Henry Jackson photos? Especially of Yellowstone, if you have any?

    Thanks for your postings – I enjoy them a lot.

    Cheers Russell Guy

    On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 10:49 AM American Geographical Society Library wrote:

    > AGSL posted: ” The American Geographical Society Library has an extensive > collection of western photographs by the photographers of the four great > western surveys: William Henry Jackson, John K. Hillers, William Bell, > Timothy O’Sullivan, Eadweard J. Muybridge and Carle” >

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