Timothy O'Sullivan photograph, 1988.

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Timothy O'Sullivan photograph, 1988.

This collection contains one copy of Timothy O'Sullivan's photograph of his supply wagon in the Carson Desert, Nevada, reproduced in commemoration of the Beinecke Library 25th anniversary in 1988. The photograph was originally taken in 1867 while O'Sullivan was part of the United States Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel.

1 folder (0.08 linear ft.)

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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...

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, in New Haven, Connecticut, is Yale University’s principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Beinecke Library opened in October 1963. It was the gift of three Yale alumni—Edwin J. Beinecke, 1907; Frederick W. Beinecke, 1909S; Walter Beinecke, 1910—and their families, who intended it as “a symbol of the loyalty and devotion of three bro...