Western Survey Photographs: A Checklist of the Stereographs from the Clarence King and George M. Wheeler Explorations, 1867-1874
Checklist 1
Stereographs from Clarence King's Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel, published by the U. S. Engineer Department
King Survey stereographs range in number from 1 through 310, with several gaps in the series. All of the stereographs are by Timothy H. O'Sullivan except the views of the Uinta Mountains made in 1869 which have been attributed to Andrew J. Russell. The titles are transcribed exactly as printed on the mounts or from the National Archives catalog records. The stereographs are albumen silver prints on four-by-seven-inch mounts. The sequence begins with views of the Union Pacific Railroad and follows with views of Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. One view of California is interspersed with the views of Nevada. All of the stereographs are from the collections of the Bibliothèque national de France, Societe de geographie, unless noted. This list also includes the glass plate negatives held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). To access the NARA stereographs, search on the NARA ID number in this Online Public Access [catalog]: http://www.archives.gov/research/search/
Timothy H. O’Sullivan, photographer
Stereo # | Caption | Collection | NARA ID number |
No. 1. | From above Twin Bluffs, Green River Station in the distance, U.P.R.R., Wyo. Ter. | | |
No. 3. | Twin Bluffs, near view, Green River Station, U.P.R.R., Wyo. Ter.
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No. 4. | Rear View of Point Bluff, Green River Station, U.P.R.R., Wyo. Ter. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519541 |
No. 6. | Broadside view of Point Bluff, Green River Station, U.P.R.R., Wyo. Ter.
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No. 8. | Broadside view of Twin Bluffs, U.P.R.R., Wyo. Ter. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 11. | Castle Rock, U.P.R.R., Utah Ter. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 13. | Echo Canyon, Utah |
NARA Glass Negative | 519542 |
No. 14. | Looking Up Echo Canon, from Morman Bluff, No. 2, Utah, U.P.R.R.
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No. 16. | The Great Eastern, Echo Canyon, Utah |
NARA Glass Negative | 519543 |
No. 18. | Witches Rocks, Weber Valley, near Echo City, Utah, U.P.R.R. | | |
No. 20. | Witches Rocks, Weber Valley, near Echo City, Utah, No. 2, U.P.R.R. |
Private collection | |
No. 21. | Witches Rocks, Weber Valley, near Echo City, Utah, No. 3, U.P.R.R.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519544 |
No. 22. | Lone Group Witches Rocks, Weber Valley, Utah, No. 4, U.P.R.R. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519545 |
No. 23. | Branch Canon, No. 2, Echo Canon, Utah, U.P.R.R. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 24. | Railroad, Echo Canon, Utah. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519546 |
No. 26. | Devil's Gate Bridge, Weber Canon, U.P.R.R., looking up stream, Utah.
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No. 27. | Devil's Gate, Weber Canon, looking down stream, Utah, U.P.R.R.
| | 519547 |
No. 29. | Devil's Gate Weber Canon, distant view from above, Utah. U.P.R.R. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 30. | Wahsatch Mountains, near Ogden, Utah. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519548 |
No. 32. | Devil's Slide, from River, up stream, Weber Canon, Utah, U.P.R.R.
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No. 33. | Devil's Slide, from River, down stream, Weber Canon, Utah, U.P.R.R. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519549 |
No. 34. | Devil's Slide, from River, up railroad, Weber Canon, Utah, U.P.R. R.
| | 519550 |
No. 35. | Railroad, near Devil's Slide, Utah. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519551 |
No. 37. | Near View of Column, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
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No. 38. | Castle Formation, No. 1, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
| | 519552 |
No. 39. | Washakie Badlands, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519553 |
No. 41. | Washakie Badlands, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519554 |
No. 42. | Washakie Badlands, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519555 |
No. 44. | Looking out of Light House Canon, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
| | 519556 |
No. 45. | Carved Bluffs, No. 1, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
| | 519557 |
No. 46. | Carved Bluffs, No. 2, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter. |
Private collection | |
No. 48. | Upper end of Light House Canon, East Wall, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter. |
| 519558 |
No. 49. | Looking out of Light House Canon, West Wall, Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
| Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519559 |
No. 50. | Washakie Badlands, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519560 |
No. 51. | General View of Mauvaises Terres, Washakie Basin, Wyo. Ter.
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No. 52. | Garnet Canyon, Uinta Mountains, Utah. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519561 |
No. 54. | Mouth of Flaming Gorge, Green River Canon, Wyoming Territory. |
Two variant views have been published with this caption.
Bibliothèque national de France, Societe de Geographie and Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519562 |
No. 55. | Looking across Flaming Gorge, Green River Canon, Wyoming Territory. |
Private collection | |
No. 56. | Flaming Gorge on Green River, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519563 |
No. 58. | Showing Bend of Green River Canon, Wyo. Ter.
| | 519564 |
No. 59. | Showing Bend of Green River Canon, No. 2, Wyo. Ter. |
Private collection | |
No. 60. | Bend of Green River Canon, lookinging [sic] down stream, Wyoming Territory.
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No. 61. | End of Bend Green River Canon, lookinging [sic] down stream, Wyoming Territory.
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No. 62. | Horseshoe Canyon, Green River, Wyoming. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519565 |
No. 63. | Looking into Vermillion Canon, from Brown's Hole. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519566 |
No. 64. |
Looking out of lower part of Vermilion Canon, from Brown’s Hole. | | |
No. 65. | Deepest part of Vermilion Canon, Brown's Hole.
| | 519567 |
No. 66. | Head of Vermillion Canon, Brown's Hole.
| | 519568 |
No. 67. | Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River.
| | 519569 |
No. 68. | Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, Morning Light.
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No. 69. | Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, Evening Light. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 70. | Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, In deep shadow.
| | 519570 |
No. 71. | Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, No. 5.
| | 519571 |
No. 73. | Top of Green River Canon, looking in Brown's Hole.
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No. 74. | Looking across Mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, from the Top. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 75. | From Top of Grand Canon, Green River, looking down stream, walls 3,000 feet high. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 76. | From top of mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, looking down stream, walls 3,000 feet high, No. 2.
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No. 77. | From top of mouth of Grand Canon, Green River, looking down stream, walls 3,000 feet high, No. 3.
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No. 78. | Grand Canon, Green River, looking from Top to Bottom of Wall.
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No. 79. | From top of Grand Canon, Green River, overlooking country below.
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No. 80. | Foliage on top of Grand Canon, Green River.
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No. 81. | Middle of Grand Canon, from the bottom, looking down stream, Green River. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 82. | Middle of Grand Canon, from the bottom, looking up stream, Green River. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 83. | Near View, Middle of Grand Canon, from the bottom, looking up stream, Green River.
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No. 84. | Middle of Grand Canon, Green River, from the bottom, down stream.
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No. 85. | Middle of Grand Canon, Green River, from the bottom, morning light up stream.
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No. 86. | Middle of Grand Canon, Green River, from the bottom, afternoon light up stream.
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No. 89. | Middle of Grand Canon, Green River, from the top, looking down stream.
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No. 90. | Middle of Grand Canon, Green River, from the top, looking down stream, No. 2.
| | 519572 |
No. 91. | From above the Junction of Green and Yampah River Canons, looking up stream.
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No. 92. | From above the Junction of Green and Yampah River Canons, from Top to Bottom of Wall. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 93. | From above the Junction of Green and Yampah River Canons, from Top to Bottom of Wall, No. 2. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 94. | From above the Junction of Green and Yampah River Canons, looking up stream.
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No. 95. | Junction of Yampah and Green Canons, from Top of Green Canon. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | 519573 |
No. 96. | Junction of Yampah and Green Canons, from Top of Green Canon, near view.
| | 519574 |
No. 99. | Junction of Green and Yampah Canons, from Top of Yampah Canon. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 100. | One mile above in Yampah Canon, looking to Junction of Yampah and Green Canons. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 101. | One mile above in Yampah Canon, looking to Junction of Yampah and Green Canons, near view. |
Collection of Neil S. Goldblatt | |
No. 103. | Near Camp at Big Bend of the Truckee River, Nevada. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519575 |
No. 105. | Unidentified. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519576 |
No. 106. | Truckee River, below Big Bend, Nevada. |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-stereo-2s01781 | 519577 |
No. 107. | Ridge of Column, Mountain near Humboldt Sink, Nevada.
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No. 109. | Tufa formation, Anaho Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519579 |
No. 110. | Tufa formation south end of Pyramid Lake, No. 2, Nevada.
| | 519580 |
No. 111. | Pyramid Lake, Nevada. |
NARA Glass Negative | 519581 |
No. 112. | Looking along shore, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
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No. 114. | Anaho Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519582 |
No. 115. | Strange Tufa formation on Pyramid Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
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No. 116. | Tufa formation on Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
| | 519583 |
No. 117. | Tufa Domes and Steamboat Rock, Pyramid Lake.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519584 |
No. 119. | Silver Smelting Works, Oreana, Nevada.
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No. 121. | Montezuma Furnace, Smelting Works, Oreana, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519585 |
No. 123. | Camp in Humboldt Valley, Nevada.
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No. 124. | Contorted Limestone, West Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519586 |
No. 125. | Contorted Rock Strata, West Humboldt Mountains(?).
| NARA Glass Negative | 519587 |
No. 126. | Sou Hot Springs, Osobb Valley, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519588 |
No. 129. | Sulphur Spring Mound, Salt Valley, Humboldt Mountain, Nevada.
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No. 130. | Hot Spring.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519589 |
No. 132. | Rhyolite Hills, Pah Ute Range, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519590 |
No. 133. | Virginia City, Nevada.
| | 519591 |
No. 134. | Gould and Currey [sic] Mill, Nevada.
| | 519592 |
No. 135. | Silver Quartz Melting, Seven Mile Canon, Nevada.
| | 519593 |
No. 136. | Looking down Seven Mile Canon, from Virginia City, 80 miles in distance, Nevada.
| | 519594 |
No. 139. | Miners at Work Underground, Virginia City, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519595 |
No. 140. | Miners at Work Underground, Virginia City, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519596 |
No. 141. | Fungus in Gould & Curry Tunnel, 350 feet below surface, Virginia City, Nevada.
| | 519597 |
No. 142. | 600 feet below surface, miners at work in the Gould & Curry Mine, Virginia City, Nevada.
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No. 144. | Gold Hill, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519598 |
No. 145. | Silver City, Silver Mining District, Nevada.
| | 519599 |
No. 148. | Extinct Volcano, near Mono Lake, California.
| | 519600 |
No. 149. | Near Mono Lake, California.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519601 |
No. 150. | Extinct Volcano near Mono Lake, California.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519602 |
No. 152. | Bloody Canyon, Sierra Nevada, California.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519603 |
No. 153. | Camp at Austin City, Nevada.
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No. 154. | Lake Marion, East Humboldt Mountains, California.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519604 |
No. 155. | West side of Marion Lake, Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| | 519605 |
No. 156. | Snow Fields across Marion Lake, Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
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No. 157. | Lake Marion, East Humboldt Mountains, California.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519607 |
No. 158. | Looking out of Lime Stone Canon to Ruby Valley, Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519608 |
No. 159. | Looking into Lime Stone Canon, Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519609 |
No. 161. | Members of the 40th parallel Exploration on top of the Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519610 |
No. 162. | Head of Long Canon, Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519611 |
No. 163. | Amongst the Humboldt Peaks, Nevada.
| | 519612 |
No. 164. | Unidentified.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519613 |
No. 165. | Sulphur Spring, Ruby Valley, No. 2, Nevada.
| | 519614 |
No. 166. | Hot Spring, Ruby Valley, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519615 |
No. 167. | Mountain Mahogano Tree, Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519616 |
No. 168. | Canyon and Lake, East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519617 |
No. 168A. | Canyon and Lake, East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519618 |
No. 168B. | Unidentified, East Humboldt Mountains(?).
| NARA Glass Negative | 519619 |
No. 170. | Summit of Spur in East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519620 |
No. 172. | Summit of Spur in East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519621 |
No. 173. | Alpin Lakes on top of the Humboldt mountains, Nevada.
| | 519622 |
No. 175. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519623 |
No. 176. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519624 |
No. 177. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519625 |
No. 178. | On the Bluff, Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519626 |
No. 179. | Shoshone Falls, the Horse Shoe Bend, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519627 |
No. 180. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519628 |
No. 181. | Looking down Canon, over Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519629 |
No. 181A. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519630 |
No. 182. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519631 |
No. 183. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519632 |
No. 184. | Shoshone Falls, looking across the Canon, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519633 |
No. 185. | Bottom of Bluff, below Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519634 |
No. 186. | Snake Canon, below Shoshone Falls, nearly 1000 feet deep, Snake River, Idaho.
| | 519635 |
No. 187. | Unidentified.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519636 |
No. 188. | Shoshone Falls, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519637 |
No. 189. | City of Rocks, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519638 |
No. 190. | City of Rocks, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519639 |
No. 191. | Cathedral Rocks, Old Emigrant Road, Utah.
| | 519640 |
No. 193. | King's Exploring Party on the march, Utah.
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No. 195. | Sdmmit [sic] of Wahsatch mountains, Sliding down, Utah.
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No. 196. | Young's Peak, Cottonwood Canon. Wahsatch mountains, Utah.
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No. 198. | Middle of Cottonwood Canon, o. 1, Wahsatch mountains, Utah. |
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-DIG-stereo-2s01782 | |
No. 199. | American Fork Canyon, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519641 |
No. 200. | Middle of Cottonwood Canon, No. 2, Wahsatch mountains, Utah.
| | 519642 |
No. 201. | Middle of Cottonwood Canon, No. 4, Wahsatch mountains, Utah.
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No. 202. | Middle of Cottonwood Canon, No. 5, Wahsatch mountains, Utah.
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No. 203. | Cottonwood Lake, head of Canon, Wahsatch mountains, Utah.
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No. 205. | Cascade Falls, Provo Canon, 700 feet high, Utah.
| | 519643 |
No. 205A. | Provo Falls, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519644 |
No. 206. | Provo Falls, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519645 |
No. 207. | Hot Springs Cone, Provo Valley, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519646 |
No. 208. | Hot Spring, Provo Valley, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519647 |
No. 209. | Hot Spring, Provo Valley, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519648 |
No. 211. | Warm Water Basin, Provo Valley, Utah.
| | 519649-Variant |
Attributed to Andrew J. Russell
Stereo # | Caption | Collection | NARA ID number |
No. 212. | King's Lake, Uinta, Utah. | | 519650 |
No. 213. | Storms in the Uinta mountains, No. 1, Utah.
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No. 214. | Storms in the Uinta mountains, No. 2, Utah.
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No. 215. | Storms in the Uinta mountains, No. 3, Utah.
| | 519651 |
No. 216. | Storms in the Uinta mountains, No. 4, Utah.
| | 519652 |
No. 217. | East end of King's Lake, Uinta mountains, Utah.
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No. 218. | King's Lake View, No. 3, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| | 519653 |
No. 219. | Lake Lal, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519654 |
No. 220. | King's Lake View, No. 5, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| | 519655 |
No. 222. | Lake Lal, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519656 |
No. 223. | Lake Lal, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519657 |
No. 224. | Mountain Lake, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| | 519658 |
No. 225. | Between Lakes Lal and Jan, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519659 |
No. 226. | Glacier Lake, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| | 519660 |
No. 227. | Lake Jan, Uinta mountains, Utah.
| | 519661 |
No. 228. | Glacier Lake, Uinta mountains, No. 3, Utah.
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No. 230. | Uinta Mountain Flowers, Utah.
| | 519662 |
No. 232. | Upper Bear River, Utah. | NARA Glass Negative | 519663 |
No. 233. | Head of Bear River, No. 2, Uinta mountains, Utah. | | |
No. 234. | Head of Bear River, Utah. | NARA Glass Negative | 519664 |
Timothy H. O’Sullivan, photographer
Stereo # | Caption | Collection | NARA ID number |
No. 300. | American Fork Canyon, Wahsatch Mountains, Utah. | NARA Glass Negative | 519665 |
No. 301. | Hot Springs Cone, Provo Valley, Utah.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519666 |
No. 302. | Clover Peak, Spur in Summit of East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519667 |
No. 303. | Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519668 |
No. 304. | Eagle Rock, Shoshone Falls, Idaho.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519669 |
No. 305. | Tufa Domes and Pyramid, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519670 |
No. 306. | Anaho Island, Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519671 |
No. 307. | Unidentified.
| Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-stereo-2s01783
| 519672 |
No. 308. | Unidentified.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519673 |
No. 309. | Unidentified.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519674 |
No. 310. | View of Brown's Park, Colorado.
| NARA Glass Negative | 519675 |
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