Rio Grande Historical Collections southwest photographs, 1860-1900.

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Rio Grande Historical Collections southwest photographs, 1860-1900.

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This collection is a grouping of 58 pictures from several purchases that the New Mexico State University Library made from Russ Todd Books. There are several different photographers represented in the collection, including: Ben Wittick, J.C. Burge, W.H. Jackson, D.B. Chase, J.N. Furlong, George Mellen, T.H. O'Sullivan, F.E. Evans, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Atchison and Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, along with unknown photographers. The pictures cover many areas in the southwest from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century such as Apache life, pueblos, scenic and historic areas, buildings, outings, and national parks. There are photographic stereo views, copy negatives of some of the images, but most images are black and white photographs posted on a backing.

5 linear in.

New Mexico State University

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New Mexico State University

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Rio Grande Historical Collections

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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

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Renowned photographer of Western landscapes, employed by the United States Geological Survey and commercial enterprises to document wilderness areas and Native American cultures. From the description of Colorado Views [picture], ca. 1870-1890. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 46460710 Official photographer for the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. From the description of Papers, 1851-1878. (Duke University Library). ...

Chase, D. B.

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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...

Mellen, George F.

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903

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Ben Wittick was a photographer in the Southwest during the latter part of the 19th century. From the description of Ben Wittick photo ledger. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37992687 ...

Brown, Henry (William Henry), 1844-1886.

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Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company

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Furlong, J. N.

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Burge, J. C.

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Evans, F. E. (Frank E.), 1856-

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