Western photographs
Western Photograph Digital Collection featuring Timothy H. O’Sullivan
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
Western Photograph Collection
by Angie Cope
The AGS Library has a collection of albumen prints and stereoscopic slides by the photographers of the four great western surveys. These works include: 64 prints by William Henry Jackson, photographer with the Hayden Survey of Yellowstone, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and the Moqui Indian Pueblos of Arizona; 6 prints of the Grand Canyon region by John K. Hillers, photographer with the Powell Survey; 49 prints and stereoscopic slides by William Bell, photographer with the Wheeler Survey; and 441 prints and stereoscopic slides by Timothy O’Sullivan, photographer with the King and Wheeler Surveys. Also included in this collection are 54 mammoth size prints of Yosemite by Eadweard J. Muybridge and 76 prints by Carleton E. Watkins.
A group of educators are coming in for a scheduled tour giving us a great chance to see some of these beautiful photographs.
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