Wheeler's geographical survey stereoscopic views 1871-1874

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Wheeler's geographical survey stereoscopic views 1871-1874

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This collection consists of fifty stereoscopic cards taken by photographers Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William W. Bell between 1871 and 1874 during the Army Corps of Engineers geographical survey led by Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler. The views in this collection consist of geological formations (including some of the first images of the Grand Canyon); members of the Zuni, Mojave, Navajo, Apache, and Ute tribes; scenic views; and ancient puebloan ruins.

1 box, 50 items; 0.5 linear ft.

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Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and ArchivesPhotograph Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6623848

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Utah State University. Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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Geographical surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

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The Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, also known as the Wheeler Survey, grew out of the Army's desire to create maps featuring the geological aspects of the West, man-made improvements, and the "conformation, obstacles and resources of the country." Commanded by Lieutenant George Montague Wheeler, the survey was originally intended to cover the territory lying south of the Central Pacific Railroad, but grew in scope by 1872 to a mapping of all of the United States west of the 100t...

United States. War Dept. Corps of Engineers.

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Bell, William, 1830-1910

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1830 Born Liverpool, England 1848 Began photographic career working for his brother-in-law's daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia 1872 Served as photographer for the Wheeler Survey, West of the 100th Meridian 1910 ...

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

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Timothy O'Sullivan was an early Western photographer. He served with Clarence King on the United States Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel in 1867. From the description of Timothy O'Sullivan photograph, 1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367900033 Timothy O'Sullivan (1840-1882) began his photography career as an apprentice to Mathew Brady, but he left the Brady gallery to photograph American Civil War battlefields on his own. In 1862 or 1863, he joined the st...

Wheeler, George Montague, 1842-1905

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Wheeler was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of John Wheeler and Miriam P. Daniels. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He first served in California from 1866 to 1871. In 1869 General Edward O. C. Ord sent him on a reconnaissance through the eastern Nevada. In 1872, the US Congress authorized an ambitious plan to map the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian at a sc...