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1.
Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the

Creator:
George W. Williams & Company
Published / Created:
ca. 1869]
Call Number:
WA Photos 106
Image Count:
58
Abstract:
Viewbook of mounted photographic prints compiled by the George W. Williams & Company, fertilizer merchants, ca. 1869. A photographic print appears on the recto of each mount that depicts an advertisement for Carolina Fertilizer with a letterpress testimonial below it. The verso of each mount carries a photographic print of an image created by Andrew J. Russell. The exception is the last mount, which carries a photographic advertisement for BD Sea Fowl Guano on the recto of the mount and no photographic print on the verso. The images by Russell document landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, An image shows a view of Echo, Utah, as well as rock outcroppings in its vicinity, including Hanging Rock, Monument Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in the Weber River Valley, Utah, include views of Coalville city, Devil's Gate, Tunnel No. 4, Bridge No. 32, and of the Mormon Turnpike Bridge at the mouth of the canyon, Images of Wyoming include views of a large windmill at Laramie; Granite Canyon from a water tank; High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area; and an overview of the Laramie River Valley, as well as railroad cuts consisting of the Burning Rock Cut and Hall's Cut (identified in a caption as the Great Mountain Pass)., An image of Omaha, Nebraska, shows a street leading to the Missouri River, An image shows a group of people during the laying of the last rail connecting the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad on May 10, 1869, near Promontory, Utah, and Sixteen plates without mounted photographic prints in the volume contain graphical advertisements for the products of the George W. Williams Company including BD Sea Fowl Guano, Bradley's Super Phosphate of Lime, C. C. Coe's Ammoniated Super Phosphate of Lime, Carolina Fertilizer, and Palmetto Soluble Acid Phosphate, as well as powdered raw bones and dissolved unburnt bones
Description:
Title from cover., Autograph on front board of Frank E. Taylor., Twenty photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's, The Great West illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Photographic prints measure 13 x 7 cm.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
United States., West (U.S.), Coalville (Utah), Echo (Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Russell, Andrew J., Williams, George Walton, 1820-1903., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Advertising, Agriculture, Fertilizer industry, and Railroads
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad

2.
Photograph albums of Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and California

Creator:
Russell, Andrew J.
Published / Created:
ca. 1867-1869.
Call Number:
WA Photos 192
Container / Volume:
Album
Image Count:
58
Abstract:
Photographic prints of images created by Andrew Joseph Russell of locations in Utah, Wyoming, California, and Nebraska, ca. 1867-1869. The bound album contains the same images represented in the loose photographic prints. the loose photographic prints were previously bound in a deteriorating leather album with spine title "Views in Salt Lake." The loose photographic prints were foliated before the album was disbound album, Images of locations and structures related to Brigham Young in Utah include views of his residences, known as the Beehive House and Lion House in Salt Lake City; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. Images of other structures related to Young include his bathhouse located at Warm Sulphur Springs, Salt Lake City, and a view of his cotton and woolen mills in Parley Canyon with the Wasatch Range in the distance, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include views of the Tabernacle, the Salt Lake Theatre, Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, and an overview of Temple Street that shows businesses, Images of locations in Echo, Utah, and its vicinity include an overview of the city from the south, as well as several rock formations, including Conglomerate Peaks, Hanging Rock, Sentinel Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in Echo Canyon, Utah, and its vicinity include views of several rock outcroppings, including Death's Rock, Finger Rock, and Rock Great Eastern. Several images document Tunnel No. 2 (also known as Echo Tunnel or Wahsatch No. 2) for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and includes an image of a tunnel entrance, Images of the Weber River and Weber Canyon (also known as the Weber River Valley or Weber Valley), Utah, include views of Coalville; a location on the river near Heneferville (which became Henefer); a vista from Witch Rocks; construction of a wooden bridge across the Weber River at Devil's Gate; a view of Devil's Gate without a bridge; and a view from a ridge of the canyon that shows both entrances to Tunnel No. 3 and two railroad bridges. An image also documents the One Thousand Mile Tree, located in the canyon at a distance one thousand miles west of Omaha, Nebraska, Views of Wilhelmina Pass in Weber Canyon (also known as the Narrows of Weber Canyon), include a distant view of Serrated Rocks (also known as Devil's Slide); a view below a railroad bridge, and an overview of the canyon, Images of locations in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, include a view of Moore's Lake at the head of the Bear River; a view of a man identified as the old trapper in camp beside the Bear River; and a view of the Lake of the Sounding Shore, Images of other locations in Utah include a view of a wooden trestle near Promontory, and a view of Ripple Lake in White Pine Canyon near Park City, Images of locations in the vicinity of Dale Creek, near Sherman and the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming include a view of the Dale Creek Trestle, a wooden railroad trestle bridge; a view of Medicine Bow Mountain; a view of Skull Rock near Sherman Station; a view of Camel Rocks (also known as Granite Rock) near Buford; a view of Devil's Gate in the canyon of Dale Creek; a view of Grizzly Peak from near Evans' Pass; and a view of the source of the Laramie River in the Laramie Mountains, Images of the Green River Valley in Wyoming include a view of the Green River Bridge, a wooden bridge across the Green River with Citadel Rock in the distance; as well as discrete views of rock outcroppings, including Smith's Buttes and Castle Rock, Images of rock outcroppings at various locations throughout Wyoming include views of the High Bluffs near Black Buttes; Church Buttes near Fort Bridger; and Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin, Images of locations in Nebraska include views of a wooden bridge that crosses the North Platte River at its junction with the South Platte River east of the city of North Platte, and a view of the Loup Fork Bridge across Loup Fork of the Platte River, and Images of California include a view from a summit of the Sierra Nevada mountain range with snow sheds in the foreground and Donner Lake in the distance, as well as a view of hydraulic gold mining near Dutch Flat that shows men using jets of water to break down gravel banks
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Letterpress captions on mounts., Many duplicate images. Some of these photographs also appear in A.J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City., West (U.S.), Bear River (Utah-Idaho), Buford (Wyo.), California, Coalville (Utah), Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.), Donner Lake (Calif.), Dutch Flat (Calif.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Green River (Wyo.-Utah), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Grizzly Peak (Wyo.), Henefer (Utah), Laramie Basin (Wyo.), Laramie Mountains (Colo. and Wyo.), Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.), Nebraska, North Platte River, One Thousand Mile Tree (Utah : Tree), Parley Canyon (Utah), Platte River (Neb.), Promontory (Utah), Salt Lake City (Utah), Sherman (Wyo.), Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Temple Street (Salt Lake City, Utah), Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.), Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho), Weber River (Utah), Weber River Valley (Utah), White Pine Canyon (Summit County, Utah), Wilhelmina Pass (Utah), Witch Rocks (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Russell, Andrew J., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Theatre, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Bridges, Wooden, Hot springs, and Railroads
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph albums of Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and California

3.
Photograph albums of Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and California

Creator:
Russell, Andrew J.
Published / Created:
ca. 1867-1869.
Call Number:
WA Photos 192
Container / Volume:
Prints (in box)
Image Count:
50
Abstract:
Photographic prints of images created by Andrew Joseph Russell of locations in Utah, Wyoming, California, and Nebraska, ca. 1867-1869. The bound album contains the same images represented in the loose photographic prints. the loose photographic prints were previously bound in a deteriorating leather album with spine title "Views in Salt Lake." The loose photographic prints were foliated before the album was disbound album, Images of locations and structures related to Brigham Young in Utah include views of his residences, known as the Beehive House and Lion House in Salt Lake City; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. Images of other structures related to Young include his bathhouse located at Warm Sulphur Springs, Salt Lake City, and a view of his cotton and woolen mills in Parley Canyon with the Wasatch Range in the distance, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include views of the Tabernacle, the Salt Lake Theatre, Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution, and an overview of Temple Street that shows businesses, Images of locations in Echo, Utah, and its vicinity include an overview of the city from the south, as well as several rock formations, including Conglomerate Peaks, Hanging Rock, Sentinel Rock, and Sphinx Rock, Images of locations in Echo Canyon, Utah, and its vicinity include views of several rock outcroppings, including Death's Rock, Finger Rock, and Rock Great Eastern. Several images document Tunnel No. 2 (also known as Echo Tunnel or Wahsatch No. 2) for the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and includes an image of a tunnel entrance, Images of the Weber River and Weber Canyon (also known as the Weber River Valley or Weber Valley), Utah, include views of Coalville; a location on the river near Heneferville (which became Henefer); a vista from Witch Rocks; construction of a wooden bridge across the Weber River at Devil's Gate; a view of Devil's Gate without a bridge; and a view from a ridge of the canyon that shows both entrances to Tunnel No. 3 and two railroad bridges. An image also documents the One Thousand Mile Tree, located in the canyon at a distance one thousand miles west of Omaha, Nebraska, Views of Wilhelmina Pass in Weber Canyon (also known as the Narrows of Weber Canyon), include a distant view of Serrated Rocks (also known as Devil's Slide); a view below a railroad bridge, and an overview of the canyon, Images of locations in the Uinta Mountains, Utah, include a view of Moore's Lake at the head of the Bear River; a view of a man identified as the old trapper in camp beside the Bear River; and a view of the Lake of the Sounding Shore, Images of other locations in Utah include a view of a wooden trestle near Promontory, and a view of Ripple Lake in White Pine Canyon near Park City, Images of locations in the vicinity of Dale Creek, near Sherman and the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming include a view of the Dale Creek Trestle, a wooden railroad trestle bridge; a view of Medicine Bow Mountain; a view of Skull Rock near Sherman Station; a view of Camel Rocks (also known as Granite Rock) near Buford; a view of Devil's Gate in the canyon of Dale Creek; a view of Grizzly Peak from near Evans' Pass; and a view of the source of the Laramie River in the Laramie Mountains, Images of the Green River Valley in Wyoming include a view of the Green River Bridge, a wooden bridge across the Green River with Citadel Rock in the distance; as well as discrete views of rock outcroppings, including Smith's Buttes and Castle Rock, Images of rock outcroppings at various locations throughout Wyoming include views of the High Bluffs near Black Buttes; Church Buttes near Fort Bridger; and Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin, Images of locations in Nebraska include views of a wooden bridge that crosses the North Platte River at its junction with the South Platte River east of the city of North Platte, and a view of the Loup Fork Bridge across Loup Fork of the Platte River, and Images of California include a view from a summit of the Sierra Nevada mountain range with snow sheds in the foreground and Donner Lake in the distance, as well as a view of hydraulic gold mining near Dutch Flat that shows men using jets of water to break down gravel banks
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Letterpress captions on mounts., Many duplicate images. Some of these photographs also appear in A.J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869., and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City., West (U.S.), Bear River (Utah-Idaho), Buford (Wyo.), California, Coalville (Utah), Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.), Donner Lake (Calif.), Dutch Flat (Calif.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Green River (Wyo.-Utah), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Grizzly Peak (Wyo.), Henefer (Utah), Laramie Basin (Wyo.), Laramie Mountains (Colo. and Wyo.), Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.), Nebraska, North Platte River, One Thousand Mile Tree (Utah : Tree), Parley Canyon (Utah), Platte River (Neb.), Promontory (Utah), Salt Lake City (Utah), Sherman (Wyo.), Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Temple Street (Salt Lake City, Utah), Uinta Mountains (Utah and Wyo.), Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho), Weber River (Utah), Weber River Valley (Utah), White Pine Canyon (Summit County, Utah), Wilhelmina Pass (Utah), Witch Rocks (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Russell, Andrew J., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Theatre, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Bridges, Wooden, Hot springs, and Railroads
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph albums of Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and California

4.
Rephotographic Survey Project photographs

Creator:
Rephotographic Survey Project
Published / Created:
1984-1985.
Call Number:
WA Photos 223
Image Count:
7
Abstract:
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Rephotographic Survey Project photographs

5.
Union Pacific Railroad views

Creator:
Russell, Andrew J.
Published / Created:
ca. 1867-1869]
Call Number:
WA Photos 348
Image Count:
35
Abstract:
Bound volume of mounted photographs by Andrew J. Russell that document the landscape views and buildings along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah, ca. 1867-1869. Many images of landscapes include men and women posited in the terrain to provide scale, Images of locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, include a view of the Tabernacle, and two images that show the residences of Brigham Young, known as the Beehive House and Lion House; one of these images includes the foundation for the Salt Lake Temple in the foreground. An image depicts a portrait of a Mormon family in the Great Salt River Valley, Images of locations in the vicinity of Echo, Utah, include Hanging Rock at the mouth of Echo Canyon; Sentinel Rock in Echo Canyon, as well as Sphinx Rock near Echo, Images of locations in Weber River Valley, Utah, include a view of the valley from Wilhelmina Pass, and images of Devil's Gate and Tunnel No. 4., A portrait depicts a group of officials gathered at Fort Sanders, Laramie, Wyoming, in the summer of 1868, which includes Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, and Sidney Dillon, the director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Images of locations in Wyoming include Dial Rock in the Laramie Basin and Skull Rock near Sherman Station as well as several sites in the Green River Valley consisting of Castle Rock, Citadel Rock, and Smith's Buttes, and Other images include a view of men and a horse on High Bluffs in the Black Buttes area of Wyoming; a view of a construction train in the Bear River Valley in Utah or Wyoming; and an image of Omaha, Nebraska, that shows a street leading to the Missouri River
Description:
Title from cover., Tipped in list of image titles on the flyleaf does not reflect the order of the images in the volume., and Some of these photographs appear in A. J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated . . . New York, 1869.
Publisher:
A. Mudge & Son Print
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Missouri River, Nebraska, Omaha (Neb.), Salt Lake City (Utah), Utah, Weber River Valley (Utah), and Wyoming
Subject (Name):
Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Russell, Andrew J., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), and Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts and Railroads
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Union Pacific Railroad views