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1. Notes on a trip to California, and life in the mines 1849-1853
- Creator:
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-619
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- The diary describes an 1849 overland journey to St. Joseph by rail and boat, and then by mule to California. The diary describes two years in the mines and Stuart's return to Lowell, Massachusetts, by way of Nicaragua. In 1851 he set out for Nicaragua...
- Description:
- In 1849 Stuart joined the Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company of Boston, which combined with the Mt. Washington Company of Boston.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., California, and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Stuart, Joseph Alonzo, b. 1825., Granite State and California Mining and Trading Company., and Mt. Washington Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Ocean travel, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Description and travel, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notes on a trip to California, and life in the mines 1849-1853
2. Diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1849-1850
- Creator:
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 50
- Image Count:
- 844
- Abstract:
- The diaries describe an 1849 expedition by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Bear River, Cantonment Loring, Raft River, the Humboldt, Lassen's Route to Deer Creek, and Bruff's camp. They contain maps and sk...
- Description:
- Bruff was a draftsman in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. He organized and led an 1849 expedition by Washington City and California Mining Association.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889. and Washington City and California Mining Association.
- Subject (Topic):
- Overland journeys to the Pacific and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diaries, journals, and notebooks, 1849-1850
3. Overland journey across the Plains to Oregon / 1850-1852
- Creator:
- Frush, Wm. H. (William H.)
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 206
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- In 1850 Frush traveled from Missouri to Oregon by way of St. Joseph, Blue River, the North Platte, and Fort Laramie, where he met his brother John and Kit Carson. They continued by South Pass, Bear River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Fort Boise, the Dalle...
- Description:
- Frush, of Newark, Missouri, traveled to Oregon in 1850, organized the Pacific Telegraph Company in 1855, and was buried in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Oregon., Oregon, and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Frush, John H. and Frush, Wm. H. (William H.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life, Overland journeys to the Pacific, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Overland journey across the Plains to Oregon / 1850-1852
4. The prairie hunter : "one rubbed out"
- Creator:
- Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 181901905, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1852]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +136
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Print shows four Native American men on horseback chasing a trapper through tall grass, from left to right; one of the Native American men is falling off his horse; the trapper is looking back at them, and he appears to have just shot the falling Nati...
- Alternative Title:
- One rubbed out
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- N. Currier
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Plains and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America and First contact with Europeans
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The prairie hunter : "one rubbed out"
5. A check : keep your distance!
- Creator:
- Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1853]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +134
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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, aim...
- 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.
- Publisher:
- Published by N. Currier
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America and Wars
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A check : keep your distance!
6. Skinning the buffalo
- Creator:
- Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Reproduction of a drawing by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans, on foot with saddled horses nearby, skinning a buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains and distant hill tops. The upper half of the ...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Grambo & Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- American bison hunting and Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Skinning the buffalo
7. Fort Defiance at Cañoncito Bonito, New Mexico: built in 1851-52
- Creator:
- Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +83
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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 t...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Grambo & Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- Fort Defiance (Ariz.) and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fort Defiance at Cañoncito Bonito, New Mexico: built in 1851-52
8. Buffalo chase
- Creator:
- Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +70
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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-qu...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Grambo & Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- American bison hunting and Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Buffalo chase
9. Hunting the buffalo in winter
- Creator:
- Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +68
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Reproduction of an oil painting by Seth Eastman that depicts two Native Americans on snowshoes hunting buffalo in a winter scene
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Lippincott, Grambo & Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- American bison hunting and Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hunting the buffalo in winter
10. Hunter dismounted
- Creator:
- Eastman, Seth, 1808-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +69
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- American bison hunting
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hunter dismounted
11. Western life : the trapper
- Creator:
- Deas, Charles, 1818-1867, artist
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1855]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +189
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Print reproduces Charles Deas's 1844 oil painting, "Long Jakes, the Rocky Mountain Man." Print depicts a bearded male trapper on horseback; horse, black with white blaze on forehead, facing right, head turned down and toward viewer; trapper's body fac...
- Alternative Title:
- Long Jakes, the Rocky Mountain Man
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- published by M. Knoedler, successor to Goupil & Co. and printed at J.H. Bufford's
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Trappers and Hunters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Western life : the trapper
12. The pursuit
- Creator:
- Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- [1856]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 856md
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait in a lithograph by Louis Maurer for Currier & Ives; it depicts trappers pursuing in combat Indigenous persons on horseback. In the foreground, one pair of riders; a trapper, on saddled roan mount, wearing hat a...
- Description:
- Title from printed caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Currier & Ives
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) and Great Plains
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Violence against, Trappers, and Frontier and pioneer life
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The pursuit
13. The last war-whoop
- Creator:
- Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, lithographer
- Published / Created:
- [c1856]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 856mc
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print reproduces a painting by A.F. Tait that depicts a trapper on horseback holding a long gun, looking down at a Indigenous man who has been shot and unhorsed from his mount. The fallen man props himself up with one hand and raises his right hand to...
- Description:
- BEIN BrSides Zc10 856mc: On sheet 52 x 73 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) and Great Plains
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Violence against, Trappers, Frontier and pioneer life, and Wars
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The last war-whoop
14. The last shot
- Creator:
- Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1858]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 858mb
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print depicts an unhorsed trapper beside his fallen horse; he is shooting a dismounted indigenous man who has a tomahawk raised in his right hand as he approaches the trapper. In the background, two horses, one riderless, grassland and sky; a little l...
- Description:
- Title from printed caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Currier & Ives
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America and Trappers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The last shot
15. The surprise
- Creator:
- Maurer, Louis, 1832-1932, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1858]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 858maz 01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print depicts two white men pursuing an Indigenous man; all on horseback. In the foreground, one rider has tossed a lasso toward the Indigenous man
- Description:
- Title from printed caption.
- Publisher:
- Published by Currier & Ives
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The surprise
16. Herd on the move
- Creator:
- Hays, William Jacob, 1830-1875, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1862]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 866ha
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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.
- Publisher:
- Goupil & Co. and Printed by Endicott & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Plains and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Topic):
- American bison
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Herd on the move
17. Taking the back track : a dangerous neighborhood
- Creator:
- Cameron, James, 1817-1882, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1866]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 866ca
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Lithograph reproduces a painting by James Cameron that depicts a small party of trappers of with horses and with pack mules hiding near a rocky, tree-topped hill to avoid being seen by a large group of indigenous persons approaching them on horseback ...
- Description:
- BEIN BrSides Zc10 866ca: On verso: Manuscript instructions for matting; manuscript notes: Sir John Hesketh Lethbridge from his dear son, "Albert." Ottawa, Canada West. Framed by W. Lee, Barnstaple, in 1871.
- Publisher:
- Published by Currier & Ives
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) and Trappers
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taking the back track : a dangerous neighborhood
18. A parley : prepared for an emergency
- Creator:
- Cameron, John, approximately 1828- artist
- Published / Created:
- [1868]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc10 856ca
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- 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 Americ...
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by Currier & Ives
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.) and Great Plains
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America, Warfare, and Trappers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A parley : prepared for an emergency
19. The great West illustrated in a series of photographic views across the Continent taken along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, west from Omaha, Nebraska : with an annotated table of contents, giving a brief description of each view, its peculiarities, characteristics, and connection with the different points on the road, Vol. 1
- Creator:
- Russell, Andrew J.
- Published / Created:
- 1869.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 399
- Image Count:
- 74
- Abstract:
- Viewbook with mounted albumen photographic prints of images created by Andrew J. Russell of locations along the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah and Wyoming, and printed by David H. Prime in New York, 1869, by authority of the Union Pacific Railroad Com...
- Description:
- The front and back boards of the book are both imprinted with the shortened title of the book, "Union Pacific Railroad. Photographical Illustrations."
- Publisher:
- printed by David H. Prime by authority of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bear River (Utah-Idaho), Bear River City (Utah), City Creek (Salt Lake County, Utah), Coalville (Utah), Dale Creek (Colo. and Wyo.), Echo (Utah), Echo Canyon (Utah), Fort Sanders (Wyo.), Great Salt Lake Valley (Utah), Green River (Wyo.-Utah), Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah), Laramie (Wyo.), Laramie Basin (Wyo.), Laramie Mountains (Wyo. and Colo.), Laramie River (Colo. and Wyo.), Little Laramie River (Wyo.), Parley Canyon (Utah), Utah, Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho), Weber Canyon (Utah), Weber River (Utah), Weber River Valley (Utah), West (U.S.), Wilhelmina Pass (Utah), and Wyoming
- Subject (Name):
- Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892, Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885 (Ulysses Simpson),, Prime, David H., printer., Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888, Sherman, William T. 1820-1891 (William Tecumseh),, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877, Beehive House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Laramie Hotel (Laramie, Wyoming), Lion House (Salt Lake City, Utah), Salt Lake Temple, Tabernacle (Salt Lake City, Utah), Union Pacific Railroad Company., and Union Pacific Railroad Company
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts and Railroad repair shops
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The great West illustrated in a series of photographic views across the Continent taken along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, west from Omaha, Nebraska : with an annotated table of contents, giving a brief description of each view, its peculiarities, characteristics, and connection with the different points on the road, Vol. 1
20. Geo. W. Williams & Co.'s Carolina fertilizer, with twenty photographic views from the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
- 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 tes...
- Description:
- Title from cover.
- 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
21. W. H. Holmes collection of photographs of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming Territories and Mexico [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- ca. 1870-1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 89
- Image Count:
- 60
- Abstract:
- Photographs by William Henry Jackson and others of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho, including views in Utah of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, the Great Natural Bridge, the Great Dragon Rock, Echo and Marble Canyons and Monument Park. There are a...
- Description:
- William Henry Holmes was a topographic artist with the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories under Ferdinand V. Hayden. In 1872 and again in 1878 he was with Hayden in the Yellowstone, and in 1874 he and the photographer William Henry...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Yellowstone River, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), and West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > W. H. Holmes collection of photographs of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming Territories and Mexico [graphic].
22. Union Pacific R.R. views
- Creator:
- Russell, Andrew J.
- Published / Created:
- [187-?]
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 257
- Image Count:
- 51
- Abstract:
- Photograph album containing 26 views of the West and the Union Pacific Railroad, probably distributed by C. M. Loomis, dealer in musical merchandise in New Haven, Connecticut. The album contains advertisements by other New Haven businesses on the fron...
- Description:
- The photographs of the west are reduced images from Andrew J. Russell's The Great West Illustrated.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Austin, Henry, 1804-1891., Bundy, J. K., Loomis, C. M. 1829-1890. (Clark Merrick),, C.M. Loomis, Sons (New Haven, Conn.), J.N. Isbell & Co. (New Haven, Conn.), John E. Bassett & Company., Russell, R. C., Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Wheeler & Wilson Company.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Union Pacific R.R. views
23. 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, and 1873
- Creator:
- Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
- Published / Created:
- 1871-1874.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 55
- Image Count:
- 68
- Abstract:
- Album of mounted photographic prints created by Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William Bell, and later compiled by the United States War Department. Photographs document the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian led by George Montague Wheeler, 1...
- Description:
- Copy of album in WA MSS S-744 described in finding aid for collection.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Apache Lake (Ariz.), Arizona, Black Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.), Bull Run Mountains (Nev.), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), El Morro National Monument (N.M.), Fort Apache (Ariz.), Fort Defiance (N.M.), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Iceberg Canyon (Ariz. and Nev.), Inscription Rock (N.M.), Kanab Canyon (Ariz.), Logan (Nev.), Marble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon), Nevada, New Mexico, North Fork Canyon (Ariz.), Paria River (Utah and Ariz.), Salt Creek Canyon (Utah), San Juan River (Colo.-Utah), Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Southwest, New, United States, Utah, West (U.S.), White Mountains (Ariz.), White River (Nev.), and Zuni (N.M.)
- Subject (Name):
- Bell, William, 1830-1910., Cooley, Corydon Eliphalet, O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Mission San Miguel (Santa Fe, N.M.), Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Mission : Zuni, N.M.), Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.), and United States. War Department.
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes & haunts, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Pueblo Indians, Pueblos, Saguaro, Western Apache Indians, Exploring expeditions, and Surveys
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 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, and 1873
24. Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
- Published / Created:
- 1874-1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 1
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 32
- Abstract:
- 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, Monta...
- 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.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
25. Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
- Published / Created:
- 1874-1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 1
- Container / Volume:
- Box 3
- Image Count:
- 28
- Abstract:
- 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, Monta...
- 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.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
26. Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
- Published / Created:
- 1874-1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 1
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 26
- Abstract:
- 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, Monta...
- 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.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
27. Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
- Published / Created:
- 1874-1898.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos Folio 1
- Container / Volume:
- Box 4
- Image Count:
- 28
- Abstract:
- 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, Monta...
- 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.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mammoth plate photographs of the North American West
28. The Yellowstone National Park and the mountain region of portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah
- Creator:
- Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887
- Published / Created:
- 1876.
- Call Number:
- ZZc47 876ha
- Image Count:
- 18
- Description:
- BEIN ZZc47 876ha : Unbound in portfolio.
- Publisher:
- L. Prang
- Subject (Geographic):
- Yellowstone National Park and West (U.S.)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Yellowstone National Park and the mountain region of portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah
29. Photograph album of a railroad journey from New York to California [graphic].
- Creator:
- Barrett, Frank N.
- Published / Created:
- 1889.
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- 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...
- 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 represen...
- Subject (Geographic):
- West (U.S.)
- Subject (Name):
- Barrett, Frank N.
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroad travel and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photograph album of a railroad journey from New York to California [graphic].
30. Photographs of a railroad trip from Niagara Falls to Colorado
- Published / Created:
- 1892.
- Call Number:
- WA PHOTOS 297
- Image Count:
- 98
- Abstract:
- Snapshots of a westward rail journey in 1892, possibly taken by someone traveling with a group of Freemasons. Men in masonic caps and regalia appear in several of the images, and one is captioned "Group of citizens (at Station to see Sir Kts.)". The p...
- Description:
- Photographer unidentified.
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States, West (U.S.), Missouri river, Niagara Falls (N.Y.), Pullman (Chicago, Ill.), Omaha (Neb.), Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Gunnison (Colo.), and Marshall Pass (Colo.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroads, Railroad travel, Freemasons, Travelers, Railroad stations, Railroad bridges, Frontier and pioneer life, and Prairies
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of a railroad trip from Niagara Falls to Colorado





























