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Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland by Timothy O'Sullivan — VisualArtsDB

Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland

Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland

Timothy O'Sullivan

1862

Medium: Albumen print, pl. 22 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Dimensions: Image/paper: 22.9 × 17.7 cm (9 1/16 × 7 in.); Album page: 44.7 × 31.1 cm (17 5/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Genre: photograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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19th centuryphotographyalbumen silver printphotographCollected by Hugh EdwardsGardner's Photographic Sketch Book

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Camp Beauty, Canñon de Chelle; walls 1.200 feet high, width of Cañon at this point about one fourth of a mile. This view shows the perpendicular effect wrought by the action of floods. The Artist of the Expedition, Mr. Wyant, of New York, made a study of this scene with the intention to paint it as a characteristic Canon view, No. 25 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Camp Beauty, Canñon de Chelle; walls 1.200 feet high, width of Cañon at this point about one fourth of a mile. This view shows the perpendicular effect wrought by the action of floods. The Artist of the Expedition, Mr. Wyant, of New York, made a study of this scene with the intention to paint it as a characteristic Canon view, No. 25 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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The Halt

Timothy O'Sullivan, 1864

Interior View of the Confederate Line

Interior View of the Confederate Line

Timothy O'Sullivan, 1865

Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada

Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada

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Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed.

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle, N.M. In a niche 50 feet above present Cañon bed.

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Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, N.M. View from the Plaza

Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, N.M. View from the Plaza

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Explorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. This shaft is the work of nature, and is about 900 feet in height; base about 70 by 110 feet. It stands near the center of the Cañon, and it is almost impossible to believe that it is not the work of human hands, No. 23 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Explorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. This shaft is the work of nature, and is about 900 feet in height; base about 70 by 110 feet. It stands near the center of the Cañon, and it is almost impossible to believe that it is not the work of human hands, No. 23 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below from Big Horn Camp

Black Cañon, Colorado River, looking below from Big Horn Camp

Timothy O'Sullivan, 1871

Entrance to Black Cañon, Colorado River

Entrance to Black Cañon, Colorado River

Timothy O'Sullivan, 1871

Cereus Giganteus, Arizona

Cereus Giganteus, Arizona

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One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. Much prized by the Indians and miners on account of supposed healing qualities. Principal mineral element, Sulphate of Soda, No. 38 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. Much prized by the Indians and miners on account of supposed healing qualities. Principal mineral element, Sulphate of Soda, No. 38 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

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Looking Across the Colorado River to the Mouth of Paria Creek

Looking Across the Colorado River to the Mouth of Paria Creek

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