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Western Survey Photographs: A Checklist of the Stereographs from the Clarence King and George M. Wheeler Explorations, 1867-1874


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Stereographs from George M. Wheeler's U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian, published in 1875 or Later

These stereographs include views from Wheeler's expeditions from 1871 to 1874. Titles are transcribed here exactly as printed on the mounts. The stereographs are albumen silver prints on four-by-seven-inch mounts. All of the stereographs listed here are from the collections of the Library of Congress, unless noted.

Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho
Timothy H. O'Sullivan.
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, 1874.
LC-DIG-stereo-1s00409

1871, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photographer

CaptionReproduction #
Black Cañon of the Colorado River. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00158
Boat Crew of the "Picture" at Diamond Creek. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00176
Boat Crew of the "Trilobite" at Diamond Creek. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00175
Halt below mouth of Painted Cañon, Colorado River. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00147
Head of Black Cañon, Colorado River. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00181

1872, William Bell, photographer

CaptionReproduction #
Chocolate Mesa, Rocker Creek, Arizona. (Collection of Lance Cook)
Devil's Anvil, Sheavwitz Crossing. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00247
Grand Cañon, Colorado River, Sheavwitz Crossing. (Collection of Lance Cook)
Grand Cañon of the Colorado. (Collection of Lance Cook)
Grand Cañon of the Colorado. (Collection of Lance Cook)
Limestone Walls, Kanab Wash. (Collection of Lance Cook)
Piñon Tree, Kanab Cañon, Utah. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00199
Tufa Bank, Kanab Wash, Arizona. (Collection of Lance Cook)

1873, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photographer

CaptionReproduction #
A Street--Pueblo of Zuni. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00368
Aboriginal life among the Navajos. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00350
Ancient Ruins, Cañon de Chelle, N. M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00366
Apache Indian and his Squaw. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00370
Apache Lake, Arizona. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00286
Apache Squaw and Child. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00367
Cañon of the Colorado River, Utah, 25 miles above mouth of Paria Creek. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00312
Colorado Cañon near the San Juan, Arizona. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00309
El Moro Cañon, N. M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00313
Explorers' Column, Cañon de Chelle, N. M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00297
Group of Zuni "Indian Braves," at their Pueblo, N. M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00334
Head of Cañon de Chelle, N. M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00299
Inscription Rock, N.M. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00369

1874, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, photographer

CaptionReproduction #
Ancient ruins on the San Juan River, Arizona. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00390
Head of Mountain Park, Conejos Valley. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00384
Main entrance to Fort Garland, Colorado. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00371
Ogden, Utah. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00402
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00407
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00410
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00408
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00403
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00409
Store at the Mexican Village of Conejos. LC-DIG-stereo-1s00385
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