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Book/Printed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872 and 1873. / 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge. Wheeler Survey

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Title

  • Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872 and 1873. / 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge.

Other Title

  • Wheeler Survey

Names

  • United States. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. [from old catalog]
  • Wheeler, George Montague, 1842-1905. [from old catalog]
  • Bell, William, [from old catalog], photographer
  • O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer

Created / Published

  • [Washington, DC : United States War Department, 1875]

Headings

  • -  West (U.S.)--Pictorial works
  • -  Southwest, New--Pictorial works

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1870-1880.

Genre

  • Albumen prints--1870-1880

Notes

  • -  Album includes 16 photographs from 1871 Explorations in Nevada and Arizona; 15 from 1872; and 19 from 1873. The photographs were taken by TImothy O'Sullivan (35 prints) and by William Bell (the 15 prints taken in 1872).
  • -  Library Copy 3: "Dept. of War. Corps of Engineers" on spine.
  • -  Supplemented by: "List of landscape and stereoscopic views, taken in connection with geographical explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian." (8, [1] p. 24 cm.) published: Washington, Govt. print. off., 1875.
  • -  Kelsey, Robin E. "Viewing the Archive: Timothy O'Sullivan's Photographs for the Wheeler Survey, 1871-1874." Art Bulletin 85 (Dec. 203), p. 707 and footnotes 36-37.
  • -  Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan / Toby Jurovics ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress : Smithsonian American Art Museum ; New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010, p. 29 and footnotes 56-58.
  • -  Library Copy 3: Transfer ; unidentified federal agency ; 1947.

Medium

  • 1 p.l., 50 photographic prints : albumen ; 41 x 55 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F594 .U580 Case Z [P&P] Copy 3 (Volume of photographs) Microfilm 79588 F [P&P Reference Collection] X-Copy (Photocopy, text supplement only) LOT 12026 Microfilm copy (of text supplement only) (M) (text supplement only) [P&P] [General Collections] Copy 1

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03000700

Online Format

  • pdf
  • online text
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Geographical Surveys West Of The 100Th Meridian, and George Montague Wheeler, Bell, William, and Timothy H O'Sullivan, photographer. Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of , 1872 and 1873. / 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge. United States, 1875. [Washington, DC: United States War Department] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03000700/.

APA citation style:

United States Geographical Surveys West Of The 100Th Meridian & Wheeler, G. M., Bell, W. & O'Sullivan, T. H., photographer. (1875) Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of , 1872 and 1873. / 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge. United States, 1875. [Washington, DC: United States War Department] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03000700/.

MLA citation style:

United States Geographical Surveys West Of The 100Th Meridian, and George Montague Wheeler, photographers by Bell, William, and Timothy H O'Sullivan. Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features, of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of , 1872 and 1873. / 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, in charge. [Washington, DC: United States War Department] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03000700/>.