Details
Title View in tropical forest. [graphic].
Publisher New York : Published by E. & H. Anthony & Co., 591 Broadway
Date [ca. 1871]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 17.5 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Description View showing a small clearing in a tropical forest. View from T.O. Selfridge's 1870-1871 naval expedition of the Isthmus of Darien. Authorized by the U.S. Government, Selfridge explored and surveyed the area as a possible route for a ship canal in Panama. He was accompanied by photographer T.H. O'Sullivan in 1870 and Philadelphia photographer John Moran in 1871.
Is part of Darien Expedition. Commodore Selfridge, Commanding. 60
Notes Title printed on mount.
Publisher's imprint in red text on mount.
Manuscript note on verso: J.H. Lamson, private coll.
Yellow curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject United States Darien Exploring Expedition (1870)
Expeditions & surveys -- Panama -- Darien, Isthmus of.
Tropical forests -- Panama -- Darien, Isthmus of.
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Expedition photographs -- 1870-1880.
Landscape photographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), publisher.
Provenance: Lamson, J.H., former owner.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Darien Expedition [8322.F]
Accession number 8322.F