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Black Canyon of the Colorado River, looking above from Camp 7 in Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).
Summary: Repeat photography of the 1871 Powell Colorado River Survey. 1968 Shoemaker Expedition recreating Powell's 1871 survey. For additional information refer to, Stephens, H. G., Shoemaker, E. M., Shoemaker, E. M., & Shoemaker, E. M. (1987). In the footsteps of John Wesley Powell: An album of comparative photographs of the Green and Colorado Rivers, 1871-72 and 1968. Boulder, Colo: Johnson.
Album caption and index card: Major Powell's famous armchair boat on the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona. August 22, 1872. (Close view) (Stereoscopic view) (Powell Centennial Exhibit, 1969)
Album caption: Temple of Aeolus, Virgin River, West Fork (North Fork) Mukuntuweap Branch, Little Zion, upper part. [Zion National Park] Utah. n.d. (Stereoscopic view) Index card unavailable.
Album caption: North front of Romanzof Mountains and Anaktuvuk Plateau, Okpliak River, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 84) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. No index card available.
Album caption and index card: Front range of the Rocky Mountains from near Gray's and Torrey's Peaks. This view is very nearly due north, looking down on the spur of Mount McClellan, and directly opposite from Gray's Peak. Beyond is James Peak, and the range about it. Along the horizon is Long's Peak, and the range running west from it, forming the boundary between North and Middle Parks. Clear Creek, Grand and Boulder Counties, Colorado. 1873. (Panorama with nos. 1310-1311; jwh01310-jwh01311; 1313 - 1315; jwh01313, jwh01314, jwh01315).
Categories: Image;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Boulder County, Colorado,
Clear Creek County, Colorado,
Expeditions,
Grand County, Colorado,
Hayden Survey,
Album caption and index card: Kanab Canyon. n.d. (Stereoscopic view)
Album caption: Mud Geyser, on the Yellowstone River, Hot Spring Series, Handwritten notes on album caption: 57-HS-97 USGS in National Archives. New no. 97. In action. 1871. This photo appears to have been retouched in the center of glass neg. to indicate the rise and fall of the geyser. Some other geyser photos have the retouching. Nellie C. Carico topog. div. June 14, 1972. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1871 Series, page 29, No. 264: Mud Geyser in action. The only true mud geyser discovered, 8 miles below Yellowstone Lake. It has a funnel-shaped orifice in the center of a basin 150 feet...
Categories: Image;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Expeditions,
Four Great Surveys of the West,
Hayden Survey,
Jackson, W.H. 1871 Series,
Jackson, W.H. Bound Album Collection,
Album caption and index card: Church Buttes on Blacks Fork near Granger. Uinta County, Wyoming. 1870.
Categories: Image;
Types: Map Service,
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Tags: Expeditions,
Four Great Surveys of the West,
Hayden Survey,
Jackson, W.H. 1870 Series,
Jackson, W.H. Collection,
Album caption: Tent after gale, (corner of film froze while damp.) No index card available.
Album caption: Glacier near the head of the Okpilak River, Alaska. Index card: Small glacier near the head of the Okpilak River. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. Notes: Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 109, Plate XX-A. 1919.
Album caption and index card: Gorge between sheer rock cliffs. San Juan County, Utah. n.d. (Powell Centennial Exhibit, 1969)
Album caption: Yacht Argo in winter, Flaxman Island, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 124) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910.
Album caption: Forks of the Canning River. Index card: Forks of Canning River. Aufeis covering flood plain in July. Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. July 1910. Notes: Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 109, Plate XV-A. 1919.
Album caption and index card: View in Horseshoe Canyon? Utah? 1871? (Stereoscopic view)
Album caption: Colob Country. Buttes of the Mukuntuweap Branch of the Virgin River in distance. On the horizon is shown the Great Temple, or, as the Mormons call it, "Steamboat Rock," which is 7500 feet high. Springdale is just the other side of the square-topped buttes. Washington County, Southern Utah. n.d. (Negative broken)(Stereoscopic view) Index card: Peaks of Zion National Park from Springdale.
Album caption: Canyon of Desolation, Green River. Boats of the 1871 Expedition. Utah. (negative broken) (Stereoscopic view) Index card: Powell's boats in Canyon of Desolation.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Front of Muir Glacier, viewed from the east. Morse Glacier seen in the distance. Harriman Expedition, June 9,1899.
Categories: Image;
Tags: Alaska Glacier Bay National Park,
Expeditions,
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve,
Glaciers,
National Parks,
Album caption: Ice mound on Canning River, Alaska. Handwritten notes on album caption: (See # 38) Canning district, Northern Alaska region, Alaska. ca. 1910. No index card available.
Album caption and index card: The Colorado or Front Range from Bald Mountain near Gold Hill. Boulder County, Colorado. 1873.
Categories: Image;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Boulder County, Colorado,
Expeditions,
Hayden Survey,
Jackson, W.H. 1873 Series,
Jackson, W.H. Collection,
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