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USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection

Dates

Start Date
1868

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library maintains a collection of more than 400,000 photographs taken during geologic studies of the United States and its territories from 1868 to the present. These images provide a visual history of the discovery, development, and sciences of the United States and its Geological Survey. Some photographs have been used in USGS publications, but most have never been published. Currently, this website represents less than 10 percent of the Library's images with approximately 38,000 photographs on-line. Visit http://library.usgs.gov/photo/#/.

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey Libraries Program, Denver Library
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey Libraries Program, Denver Library
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey Libraries Program, Denver Library
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey, Libraries Program
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems
SDC Data Owner :
Core Science Analytics, Synthesis and Libraries

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usgs_Photographic_Library.xml
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View 		6.38 KB application/fgdc+xml
LibraryPhotos.xlsx 8.44 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
Archive.zip 13.19 MB application/zip
LibraryPhotos2.xlsx 4.7 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Material Request Instructions

Image located in the U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection, color slide album "Cascade Volcano Observatory (E - F)", section F, no. 66ct.

Purpose

These images provide a visual history of the discovery, development, and sciences of the United States and its Geological Survey. Some photographs have been used in USGS publications, but most have never been published.

Rights

All photographs in this collection are public domain and free of copyright restrictions.

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