Alexander Gardner Collection, 1867-1868

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Alexander Gardner Collection, 1867-1868

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Photographs of landscape along the 35th parallel and military life at Fort Mohave.

14 black-and-white copy photographs.

eng,

Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Department.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6633424

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Gardner, Alexander

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Photographer Alexander Gardner (1821-1882), a native of Paisely, Scotland, was one of the first of his profession to photograph Northern Arizona and the Mohave Indian tribe. From 1858-1863, before his westward excursion, he supervised Matthew Brady's Washington, D.C. gallery, but broke with Brady over a question of policy. Gardner believed that all photographers should receive credit and pay for their own work, not "give" that work to another without due recognition. Brady did not s...