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Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1871.

Dates

Date Taken
1871

Summary

Album caption: Left bank of Green River. Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, before the start of the journey. The boats are "Canonita," "Emma Dean," and "Nellie Powell." Just below the Union Pacific Railroad bridge at Green River Station. The famous eleven of the Powell party were Andy Hattan, W. Clement Powell, S.V. Jones, Major John W. Powell, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Professor Almon Harris Thompson, John F. Steward, F.M. Bishop, Frank C.A. Richardson, Jack Hillers, and E.O. Beaman. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1871. (Photo by E.O. Beaman) Forms a stereoscopic view with photo no. 506a). No index card. Additional information typed on back of similar photograph, 57-PS-506: Green River - Just below Union Pacific Railway Bridge at [...]

Contacts

Data Owner :
U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
Beaman, Elias Olcott

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57-PS-506.tif 48.24 MB image/geotiff

Material Request Instructions

Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Library, Photographic Collection, Hillers, J.K. Collection. Also available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, John Wesley Powell Centennial Exploration Collection (57-PS-506).

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Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
name photoLibrary hjk00506
number photoLibrary 16249
batch photoLibrary batch96
number_in_book photoLibrary 506

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