Creator |
Bell, William, 1830-1910. |
Title |
Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg. [graphic] / W. Bell, phot. |
Publisher |
Philadelphia, : [William Bell] |
Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1872 |
Date |
[ca. 1872] |
Physical Description |
7 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 18 cm. (4 x 7 in.) |
Description |
Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "The bath, Kanab Wash," "Lava Cone, Devil's
Hole, Arizona," "Grand Canon; mouth of Kanab Wash," "Chocolate Mesa, Rocker Creek, Arizona," and "The Bear, Colorado Plateau."
Views of the mouth and bath at Kanab Wash, Lava Cone, Devil's Hole, Arizona, and Chocolate Mesa, Rocker Creek, Arizona. Images
depict a nude man standing near the creek, probably after bathing; men camping near the creek in a canyon; the photographer
knealing down and setting up his shot and two men standing and sitting on large rocks near the mouth of the creek. Photographs
also include rock formations, canyons, plateaus, and other geological features along Kanab Creek, a tributary of the Grand
Canyon, which flows south toward the Colorado River in Arizona.
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Is part of |
Colorado River Series. No. 54, 55, 64, 67 and 85 |
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Geological Series. No. 109 and 111 |
Notes |
Five are from the Colorado River Series and two from the Geological Series. |
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Photographer's imprint printed on mount. |
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Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media. |
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Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners. |
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See Timothy O'Sullivan's series [66652.D.1-7] of the Colorado River Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. O'Sullivan
accompanied Wheeler in 1871, 1873, and 1875.
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Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
Biographical / historical note |
William Bell, Philadelphia commercial photographer and father-in-law of photographer William Rau, worked in Philadelphia 1848-1910.
He served as the chief photographer for the U.S. Army Medical Museum in 1865 and replaced Timothy O'Sullivan on George M.
Wheeler's survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1872.
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Subject |
Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) -- 1870-1880. |
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Expeditions & surveys -- Arizona. |
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Canyons -- Arizona. |
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Rock formations -- Arizona. |
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Photographers -- Arizona. |
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Nudity -- Arizona. |
Geographic subject |
Kanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.) |
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Grand Canyon (Ariz.) |
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Colorado Plateau. |
Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
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Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Expedition photographs -- 1870-1880. |
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Landscape photographs -- 1870-1880. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bell - Views [66651.D.1-7] |
Accession number |
66651.D.1 |
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66651.D.2 |
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66651.D.3 |
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66651.D.4 |
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66651.D.5 |
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66651.D.6 |
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66651.D.7 |