Reproduction of 1852 painting by A.F. Tait that depicts two trappers, men of European descent, and four Native American men fighting on horseback on a plain with tall grass; one of the trappers in center foreground wears a buckskin fringed jacket, aims his rifle; the other trapper driving the pack animals away from the scene. The first trapper is shown with a percussion cap and ball rifle, steer powder horn, and an arrow lodged into his camp blanket. Native American men to right in middle ground are armed with bows and arrows. Top half of image is sky
Alternative Title:
Keep your distance
Description:
Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853, by N. Currier, in the Clerk’s Office of the District-Court of the Southern District of N.Y. and Title from caption below image.
Print by John Cameron depicts, in the left foreground, two trappers with horses and pack animals waiting and watching on guard; in the middle ground, a trapper and a Native American ride toward each other to talk; in the background, more Native Americans on horseback in the distance; mountains and sky in the top half of the image
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image: Entered by act of Congress A.D. 1868 by Currier & Ives, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of N.Y.
Reproduction of a painting by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans on horseback, one with a long gun, the other with bow and arrow, hunting buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains. The upper three-quarters of the image are of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 9.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Photograph album created by Sumner Matteson from a selection of his photographs of the Southwest, Montana, and Colorado. The photographs, which are captioned in a typed list that accompanies the album, date from 1899 to 1902, and depict a variety of places and events. The majority of the photographs are of the Hopi Indians, their Snake, Antelope, and Flute ceremonies, kiva interiors, as well as weaving, grinding corn, courting, working in fields, making pottery, and marketing at the Moenkopi, Mishongnovi, Shipolovi and Shongopovi Pueblos. There are also photographs of cliff-dwellings at Mesa Verde and Mancos Canyon, Colorado; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Pueblo Indians at Isleta and Acoma, New Mexico; Navajo and Ute Indians in New Mexico and Colorado; Penitentes in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and views of wagon trains, Indian encampments, mines, and sheepherding in Montana
Description:
Sumner Matteson, a bicycle salesman in Denver who became a photographer, traveled around the West between 1899 and 1903, photographing the Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito cliff-dwellings, Navajo Indians, Penitentes in New Mexico, Hopi Snake and Flute ceremonies in Arizona, the Pueblo villages of Acoma and Isleta, Montana wagon trains, and cattle and sheep roundups. He sold his own photographs, wrote articles and provided illustrations for popular magazines, and provided photographs for several books on Southwestern Indians written by others., Accompanied by a contemporary typescript containing captions and often explanatory background for almost all of the photographs in the album. Typescript titled "Index to the Frank Klepetko Album. Photos and Data by Sumner W. Matteson" and signed "Sumner W. Matteson, D.A.C. [Denver Athletic Club] Denver, Colo. Jan. 1903.", Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller., 157 of the photographs are platinum prints., Album and copy prints in 2 boxes., and Copy prints available for every page except the first.
Subject (Geographic):
Southwest, New, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, Abiquiu (N.M.), Acoma (N.M.), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado, Isleta (N.M.), Mancos Site (Colo.), Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.), Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Klepetko, Frank., Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920., and Hermanos Penitentes
Subject (Topic):
Hopi Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Indians of North America, Cliff-dwellings, Kivas, Navajo Indians, Pueblo Indians, Snake dance, Mines and mineral resources, Sheep ranches, Wool industry, and Religious life and customs
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "Fight to the finish." Depicts a scene of Native Americans on horseback. Two in close combat foregrounded. Others in background
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +216: Blind stamped in lower left corner: Copyright 1912 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., and In lower right corner of print, signed: Chas Schreyvogel copyright 1912.
Reproduction of a work by Seth Eastman from a sketch by J. H. Eaton. Depicts Fort Defiance as built in 1851-1852. In the foreground, Native Americans approach the fort in a line on horseback; within the fort, U.S. Army soldiers drill. The fort is at the foot of an escarpment. One-third of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 29.
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
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "Going for reinforcements." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops in the west in which two soldiers are galloping on horses away from Native Americans who are in pursuit
Description:
BEIN WA Print +214: In lower left corner of print, blind stamped: Copyright 1901 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., and Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York.
Print depicts a herd of bison on the Great Plains; several bison face the viewer in the foreground; grassland swells into low hills in middle-and back-ground; filled with bison; the top half of the image is sky
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 862ha: State before title and imprint letters., Title and imprint from caption on another state of this print., Within image in lower left, signed: W.J. Hays, 1861., and Below image: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862, by W.J. Hays in the clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "How kola." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops. Troupers riding directly at viewer with a fallen Native American and horse about to be trampled by trouper on horseback in the foreground
Description:
Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and In hand at bottom left corner of print: Copyright 1901 by Chas Schreyvogel.
Reproduction of a drawning by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground a European American on foot hunting buffalo with a long gun. The scene is of the rolling, grassy plains with bison in the distance. The upper two-thirds of the image are of sky
Reproduction of a Charles Schreyvogel oil painting. Depicts a two troopers in a narrow canyon; one on horseback, the other unmounted; pistols drawn, looking back at approaching riders
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +217: Blind stamped in lower left corner: Copyright 1912 by Chs. Schreyvogel., Title devised by cataloger., and In lower right corner of print: Chas Schreyvogel copyright 1912.
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1898, Photographs by Watkins consist of images created in the states of California and Oregon, and in Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1890, An image created by Watkins of Tombstone, Arizona Territory shows the Old South Shaft Ore Quarry of the Tough Nut Mine with a view of the town, the Dragoon Mountains, and the Cochise Stronghold in the distance, 1880, Images created by Watkins in California consist primarily of locations in Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Tutocanula Pass (consisting of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks cliff), and views of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail and Eagle Point, 1878-1881. Other images from California include two different views from the top of Round Top Mountain, with one of the images showing a view of the Blue Lakes and the other the Mokelumne River, 1879; views in the vicinity of San Gabriel showing residences and wine houses of the Lake Vineyard, near the Sierra Madre Mountains and a date palm tree on the grounds of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, ca. 1874-1880; a view of the Carmel Valley from the Mission Road, Monterey; and a view of a waterfall, probably the Palisades Falls on the North Fork American River at Soda Springs, ca. 1874-1880, Images created by Watkins in Marysville, Montana Territory, consist of a view of the town, three interior views of a mill, and a view of the Drumlummon Mine and the Maskelyne Tunnel, 1884-1885 or 1890, Images created by Watkins along the Columbia River, Oregon, consist of views of rock bluffs along the river, a Native American village located at the Dalles, a winter view of the river with snow-covered shores, and a view of the Tooth Bridge and Eagle Creek Crossing, 1884-1885, Images created by Watkins in Washington Territory include a view of the Spokane Falls of the Spokane River, a mill in Port Ludlow, and ships at a dock in Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, 1882, Images created by Watkins of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory, consist of Giant Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser, and Pulpit Terrace, 1884-1885, A majority of the images created by William Henry Jackson depict locations and geological features in Colorado, while other images show locations in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, 1878-1898, Images from El Paso County, Colorado, created by Jackson include geological features in the Garden of the Gods, such as Cathedral Spires, Gate Rock, Tower of Babel, and the abutting Seal Rock and Bear Rock, with many images showing Pikes Peak in the distance; a view of Monument Park showing eroded sandstone rock formations; a view of a waterfall identified as Castle Falls, on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canyon; a view of Phoebe's Arch, near Palmer Lake; a view of Sheltered Falls on Ruxton Creek; a view of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak and Austin Bluffs; a view of Seven Falls (also known as Cheyenne Falls) on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, and a view of Fountain Creek near Colorado City with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance, Images from Gunnison County, Colorado, created by Jackson include a view of the Curecanti Needle rock formation in the Black Canyon with the Gunnison River and the railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and a view of a man standing on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero, Two images in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, created by Jackson show the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Arkansas River, with one of the images showing a suspension bridge known as Hanging Bridge, Other images created by Jackson in Colorado include a view of the city of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah Hot Springs bathhouse and pool; a view of the Georgetown Loop and tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad Company in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County; a view of Cathedral Spires and the Platte Canyon of the South Platte River with tracks of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company in Jefferson County; a view of people sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in Ute Pass, showing Twin Creek and Rainbow Falls, in Teller County; and a view of Sierra Blanca mountains, a stream and railroad tracks, possibly in Costilla County, Images created by Jackson in Utah include a view of Bridal Veil Falls on the Provo River in Provo Canyon, Utah County; and a view in the vicinity of Echo, depicting men standing and sitting on a rock formation identified as Pulpit Rock, Summit County, Other images created by Jackson include a view of the Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River, Jerome County, Idaho; a view of Rio de los Pinos and rock formations in the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; and a view of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in Multnomah County, Oregon, and The collection includes an additional view created by F. Jay Haynes that shows an unidentified body of water beside two railroad tracks and a telegraph line; and an image probably by Watkins or Haynes that depicts an interior view of large industrial machinery in a brick building
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing., Title devised by cataloger., Captions inscribed in the negatives created by Jackson., Manuscript inscription on the recto and verso of several photographic prints., and Photographs previously bound in a volume with the spine title "Photographs by Ezra Meeker and W. H. Jackson." The original boards and spine are filed with the collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1898, Photographs by Watkins consist of images created in the states of California and Oregon, and in Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1890, An image created by Watkins of Tombstone, Arizona Territory shows the Old South Shaft Ore Quarry of the Tough Nut Mine with a view of the town, the Dragoon Mountains, and the Cochise Stronghold in the distance, 1880, Images created by Watkins in California consist primarily of locations in Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Tutocanula Pass (consisting of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks cliff), and views of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail and Eagle Point, 1878-1881. Other images from California include two different views from the top of Round Top Mountain, with one of the images showing a view of the Blue Lakes and the other the Mokelumne River, 1879; views in the vicinity of San Gabriel showing residences and wine houses of the Lake Vineyard, near the Sierra Madre Mountains and a date palm tree on the grounds of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, ca. 1874-1880; a view of the Carmel Valley from the Mission Road, Monterey; and a view of a waterfall, probably the Palisades Falls on the North Fork American River at Soda Springs, ca. 1874-1880, Images created by Watkins in Marysville, Montana Territory, consist of a view of the town, three interior views of a mill, and a view of the Drumlummon Mine and the Maskelyne Tunnel, 1884-1885 or 1890, Images created by Watkins along the Columbia River, Oregon, consist of views of rock bluffs along the river, a Native American village located at the Dalles, a winter view of the river with snow-covered shores, and a view of the Tooth Bridge and Eagle Creek Crossing, 1884-1885, Images created by Watkins in Washington Territory include a view of the Spokane Falls of the Spokane River, a mill in Port Ludlow, and ships at a dock in Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, 1882, Images created by Watkins of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory, consist of Giant Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser, and Pulpit Terrace, 1884-1885, A majority of the images created by William Henry Jackson depict locations and geological features in Colorado, while other images show locations in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, 1878-1898, Images from El Paso County, Colorado, created by Jackson include geological features in the Garden of the Gods, such as Cathedral Spires, Gate Rock, Tower of Babel, and the abutting Seal Rock and Bear Rock, with many images showing Pikes Peak in the distance; a view of Monument Park showing eroded sandstone rock formations; a view of a waterfall identified as Castle Falls, on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canyon; a view of Phoebe's Arch, near Palmer Lake; a view of Sheltered Falls on Ruxton Creek; a view of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak and Austin Bluffs; a view of Seven Falls (also known as Cheyenne Falls) on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, and a view of Fountain Creek near Colorado City with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance, Images from Gunnison County, Colorado, created by Jackson include a view of the Curecanti Needle rock formation in the Black Canyon with the Gunnison River and the railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and a view of a man standing on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero, Two images in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, created by Jackson show the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Arkansas River, with one of the images showing a suspension bridge known as Hanging Bridge, Other images created by Jackson in Colorado include a view of the city of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah Hot Springs bathhouse and pool; a view of the Georgetown Loop and tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad Company in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County; a view of Cathedral Spires and the Platte Canyon of the South Platte River with tracks of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company in Jefferson County; a view of people sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in Ute Pass, showing Twin Creek and Rainbow Falls, in Teller County; and a view of Sierra Blanca mountains, a stream and railroad tracks, possibly in Costilla County, Images created by Jackson in Utah include a view of Bridal Veil Falls on the Provo River in Provo Canyon, Utah County; and a view in the vicinity of Echo, depicting men standing and sitting on a rock formation identified as Pulpit Rock, Summit County, Other images created by Jackson include a view of the Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River, Jerome County, Idaho; a view of Rio de los Pinos and rock formations in the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; and a view of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in Multnomah County, Oregon, and The collection includes an additional view created by F. Jay Haynes that shows an unidentified body of water beside two railroad tracks and a telegraph line; and an image probably by Watkins or Haynes that depicts an interior view of large industrial machinery in a brick building
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing., Title devised by cataloger., Captions inscribed in the negatives created by Jackson., Manuscript inscription on the recto and verso of several photographic prints., and Photographs previously bound in a volume with the spine title "Photographs by Ezra Meeker and W. H. Jackson." The original boards and spine are filed with the collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1898, Photographs by Watkins consist of images created in the states of California and Oregon, and in Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1890, An image created by Watkins of Tombstone, Arizona Territory shows the Old South Shaft Ore Quarry of the Tough Nut Mine with a view of the town, the Dragoon Mountains, and the Cochise Stronghold in the distance, 1880, Images created by Watkins in California consist primarily of locations in Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Tutocanula Pass (consisting of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks cliff), and views of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail and Eagle Point, 1878-1881. Other images from California include two different views from the top of Round Top Mountain, with one of the images showing a view of the Blue Lakes and the other the Mokelumne River, 1879; views in the vicinity of San Gabriel showing residences and wine houses of the Lake Vineyard, near the Sierra Madre Mountains and a date palm tree on the grounds of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, ca. 1874-1880; a view of the Carmel Valley from the Mission Road, Monterey; and a view of a waterfall, probably the Palisades Falls on the North Fork American River at Soda Springs, ca. 1874-1880, Images created by Watkins in Marysville, Montana Territory, consist of a view of the town, three interior views of a mill, and a view of the Drumlummon Mine and the Maskelyne Tunnel, 1884-1885 or 1890, Images created by Watkins along the Columbia River, Oregon, consist of views of rock bluffs along the river, a Native American village located at the Dalles, a winter view of the river with snow-covered shores, and a view of the Tooth Bridge and Eagle Creek Crossing, 1884-1885, Images created by Watkins in Washington Territory include a view of the Spokane Falls of the Spokane River, a mill in Port Ludlow, and ships at a dock in Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, 1882, Images created by Watkins of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory, consist of Giant Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser, and Pulpit Terrace, 1884-1885, A majority of the images created by William Henry Jackson depict locations and geological features in Colorado, while other images show locations in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, 1878-1898, Images from El Paso County, Colorado, created by Jackson include geological features in the Garden of the Gods, such as Cathedral Spires, Gate Rock, Tower of Babel, and the abutting Seal Rock and Bear Rock, with many images showing Pikes Peak in the distance; a view of Monument Park showing eroded sandstone rock formations; a view of a waterfall identified as Castle Falls, on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canyon; a view of Phoebe's Arch, near Palmer Lake; a view of Sheltered Falls on Ruxton Creek; a view of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak and Austin Bluffs; a view of Seven Falls (also known as Cheyenne Falls) on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, and a view of Fountain Creek near Colorado City with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance, Images from Gunnison County, Colorado, created by Jackson include a view of the Curecanti Needle rock formation in the Black Canyon with the Gunnison River and the railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and a view of a man standing on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero, Two images in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, created by Jackson show the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Arkansas River, with one of the images showing a suspension bridge known as Hanging Bridge, Other images created by Jackson in Colorado include a view of the city of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah Hot Springs bathhouse and pool; a view of the Georgetown Loop and tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad Company in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County; a view of Cathedral Spires and the Platte Canyon of the South Platte River with tracks of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company in Jefferson County; a view of people sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in Ute Pass, showing Twin Creek and Rainbow Falls, in Teller County; and a view of Sierra Blanca mountains, a stream and railroad tracks, possibly in Costilla County, Images created by Jackson in Utah include a view of Bridal Veil Falls on the Provo River in Provo Canyon, Utah County; and a view in the vicinity of Echo, depicting men standing and sitting on a rock formation identified as Pulpit Rock, Summit County, Other images created by Jackson include a view of the Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River, Jerome County, Idaho; a view of Rio de los Pinos and rock formations in the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; and a view of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in Multnomah County, Oregon, and The collection includes an additional view created by F. Jay Haynes that shows an unidentified body of water beside two railroad tracks and a telegraph line; and an image probably by Watkins or Haynes that depicts an interior view of large industrial machinery in a brick building
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing., Title devised by cataloger., Captions inscribed in the negatives created by Jackson., Manuscript inscription on the recto and verso of several photographic prints., and Photographs previously bound in a volume with the spine title "Photographs by Ezra Meeker and W. H. Jackson." The original boards and spine are filed with the collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Photographs created from mammoth plate negatives primarily by photographers Carleton E. Watkins and William Henry Jackson of various locations in the American West, primarily in the states of California, Colorado, and Oregon, as well as Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1898, Photographs by Watkins consist of images created in the states of California and Oregon, and in Arizona, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming Territories, ca. 1874-1890, An image created by Watkins of Tombstone, Arizona Territory shows the Old South Shaft Ore Quarry of the Tough Nut Mine with a view of the town, the Dragoon Mountains, and the Cochise Stronghold in the distance, 1880, Images created by Watkins in California consist primarily of locations in Yosemite National Park, including Half Dome, Sentinel Rock, Tutocanula Pass (consisting of El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks cliff), and views of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail and Eagle Point, 1878-1881. Other images from California include two different views from the top of Round Top Mountain, with one of the images showing a view of the Blue Lakes and the other the Mokelumne River, 1879; views in the vicinity of San Gabriel showing residences and wine houses of the Lake Vineyard, near the Sierra Madre Mountains and a date palm tree on the grounds of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, ca. 1874-1880; a view of the Carmel Valley from the Mission Road, Monterey; and a view of a waterfall, probably the Palisades Falls on the North Fork American River at Soda Springs, ca. 1874-1880, Images created by Watkins in Marysville, Montana Territory, consist of a view of the town, three interior views of a mill, and a view of the Drumlummon Mine and the Maskelyne Tunnel, 1884-1885 or 1890, Images created by Watkins along the Columbia River, Oregon, consist of views of rock bluffs along the river, a Native American village located at the Dalles, a winter view of the river with snow-covered shores, and a view of the Tooth Bridge and Eagle Creek Crossing, 1884-1885, Images created by Watkins in Washington Territory include a view of the Spokane Falls of the Spokane River, a mill in Port Ludlow, and ships at a dock in Port Madison on Bainbridge Island, 1882, Images created by Watkins of geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory, consist of Giant Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser, and Pulpit Terrace, 1884-1885, A majority of the images created by William Henry Jackson depict locations and geological features in Colorado, while other images show locations in Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, and Oregon, 1878-1898, Images from El Paso County, Colorado, created by Jackson include geological features in the Garden of the Gods, such as Cathedral Spires, Gate Rock, Tower of Babel, and the abutting Seal Rock and Bear Rock, with many images showing Pikes Peak in the distance; a view of Monument Park showing eroded sandstone rock formations; a view of a waterfall identified as Castle Falls, on North Cheyenne Creek in North Cheyenne Canyon; a view of Phoebe's Arch, near Palmer Lake; a view of Sheltered Falls on Ruxton Creek; a view of foothills and snow on Pikes Peak and Austin Bluffs; a view of Seven Falls (also known as Cheyenne Falls) on South Cheyenne Creek in South Cheyenne Canyon, and a view of Fountain Creek near Colorado City with a snow-covered Pikes Peak in the distance, Images from Gunnison County, Colorado, created by Jackson include a view of the Curecanti Needle rock formation in the Black Canyon with the Gunnison River and the railroad of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, and a view of a man standing on a rock by the Gunnison River near Sapinero, Two images in the Royal Gorge, Fremont County, Colorado, created by Jackson show the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad near the Arkansas River, with one of the images showing a suspension bridge known as Hanging Bridge, Other images created by Jackson in Colorado include a view of the city of Glenwood Springs in Garfield County and the stone and wood frame buildings at the Yampah Hot Springs bathhouse and pool; a view of the Georgetown Loop and tracks of the Colorado Central Railroad Company in Clear Creek Canyon in Clear Creek County; a view of Cathedral Spires and the Platte Canyon of the South Platte River with tracks of the Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company in Jefferson County; a view of people sitting in a horse-drawn carriage on a dirt road in Ute Pass, showing Twin Creek and Rainbow Falls, in Teller County; and a view of Sierra Blanca mountains, a stream and railroad tracks, possibly in Costilla County, Images created by Jackson in Utah include a view of Bridal Veil Falls on the Provo River in Provo Canyon, Utah County; and a view in the vicinity of Echo, depicting men standing and sitting on a rock formation identified as Pulpit Rock, Summit County, Other images created by Jackson include a view of the Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River, Jerome County, Idaho; a view of Rio de los Pinos and rock formations in the Toltec Gorge, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico; and a view of Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek in Multnomah County, Oregon, and The collection includes an additional view created by F. Jay Haynes that shows an unidentified body of water beside two railroad tracks and a telegraph line; and an image probably by Watkins or Haynes that depicts an interior view of large industrial machinery in a brick building
Description:
A mammoth plate is a photographic negative plate, 18 by 21 inches (53.5 x 45.7 cm.) or larger, from which photographic prints are made through contact printing., Title devised by cataloger., Captions inscribed in the negatives created by Jackson., Manuscript inscription on the recto and verso of several photographic prints., and Photographs previously bound in a volume with the spine title "Photographs by Ezra Meeker and W. H. Jackson." The original boards and spine are filed with the collection.
Subject (Geographic):
Wyoming, Montana, West (U.S.), Arizona, Arkansas River, Austin Bluffs (Colo.), Black Canyon of the Gunnison (Colo.), Blue Lakes (Calif.), Bridal Veil Falls (Utah), California, Cathedral Rocks (Calif.), Cathedral Spires (El Paso County, Colo.), Cathedral Spires (Jefferson County, Colo.), Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Clear Creek County (Colo.), Cochise Stronghold (Ariz.), Colorado, Columbia River, Costilla County (Colo.), Curecanti Needle (Colo.), Dalles (Or.), Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), Drumlummon Mine (Mont.), Eagle Creek (Or.), Echo (Utah), El Capitan (Calif.), El Paso County (Colo.), Fountain Creek (Colo.), Fremont County (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Garfield County (Colo.), Gate Rock (El Paso County, Colo.), Giant Geyser (Wyo.), Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Grotto Geyser (Wyo.), Gunnison County (Colo.), Gunnison River (Colo.), Half Dome (Calif.), Jefferson County (Colo.), Jerome County (Idaho), Lake Vineyard (San Gabriel, Calif.), Marysville (Lewis and Clark County, Mont.), Mokelumne River (Calif.), Monument Park (El Paso County, Colo.), Multnomah County (Or.), Multnomah Creek (Or.), Multnomah Falls (Or.), North Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), North Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), North Fork American River (Calif.), Old Faithful Geyser (Wyo.), Oregon, Palisades Falls, Pikes Peak (Colo.), Platte Canyon (Colo.), Port Ludlow (Wash.), Port Madison (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Provo Canyon (Utah), Provo River (Utah), Pulpit Rock (Utah), Pulpit Terrace (Wyo.), Rainbow Falls (Colo.), Rio Arriba County (N.M.), Rio de los Pinos (Colo. and N.M.), Round Top Mountain (Calif.), Royal Gorge (Colo.), San Gabriel (Calif.), Sentinel Rock (Calif.), Seven Falls (Colo.), Sierra Blanca (Colo.), Snake River (Wyo.-Wash.), Soda Springs (Calif.), South Cheyenne Canyon (Colo.), South Cheyenne Creek (Colo.), South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.), Spokane (Wash.), Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.), Teller County (Colo.), Toltec Gorge (N.M.), Tombstone (Ariz.), Tombstone Region (Ariz.), Twin Creek (Colo.), Twin Falls (Idaho : Waterfalls), Utah, Ute Pass (Teller County, Colo.), Washington (State), Yampah Hot Springs (Colo.), Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park (Calif.), and Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Haynes, F. Jay 1853-1921. (Frank Jay),, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Meeker, Ezra, 1830-1928., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Colorado Central Railroad Company, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, Denver, South Park, and Pacific Railroad Company, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.), and Tough Nut Mine
Subject (Topic):
Geysers, Landscape photography, Mineral industries, and Railroads
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "My bunkie." Depicts a scene of battle between Native Americans and U.S. Army troops. Three soldiers on horseback in foreground with one soldier being pulled up from the ground by another
Description:
Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and Text in lower left: copyrighted 99.
Reproduction of Charles Schreyvogel's oil painting "On the skirmish line." Depicts a scene of battle between about a dozen Native Americans on horseback and a dozen U.S. Army troops on foot
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +211:, Title from the oil painting on which the print is based., Imprint devised by cataloger from an advertisement in Publishers’ Weekly (No. 1817; Nov. 24, 1906) for prints by Charles Schreyvogel of western frontier life by Moffat, Yard, & Company of New York., and Written in lower right corner of image: Copyright c. 1900. Hand printed in lower right corner of image: From painting owned by C. M. Butte Hoboken.
Photograph album relating to Frank N. Barrett's cross-country trip from New York to California in 1889, titled "From Ocean to Ocean." The album contains newspaper clippings and other emphemera in addition to commercial photographs of scenery and sites in Chicago, Philadelphia, Kansas City, various parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon, and scenery in Yellowstone National Park, New York and California and Views in California include Coronado, San Diego, Point Loma, San Gabriel Valley in Pomona, San Jose Valley, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Del Monte, San Rafael, Sacramento, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Francisco, the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mt. Tamalpais, and Mt. Shasta
Description:
Frank N. Barrett was secretary of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the editor of American Grocer when he travelled from New York to California in order to study that state's "contribution to the world food supply." The newspaper clippings represent the letters he sent back to the American Grocer, published under the heading "From Ocean to Ocean: Notes by the Way" in 1889., Accompanied by two folders, one containing a 26-page typescript with manuscript annotations describing the cross-country trip illustrated in the album, and the other containing clippings and miscellaneous commercial photographs of scenery along the route of the trip., and Album pages are extremely fragile.
