Details
Creator Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer.
Title Cave of Cupica Bay Isthmus. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1872
Date [ca. 1872]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8 x 17 cm. (3 x 6.75 in.)
Description Landscape view showing a short, wide cave entrance at the bottom of a large rock formation near Cupica Bay. Also shows a man squatting inside the entrance of the cave. 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 referenced by Darrah, The World of Stereographs p. 141.
Notes Title from manuscript notes on mount and verso.
Attributed to John Moran.
Yellow 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 (1871)
Expeditions & surveys -- Panama -- Darien, Isthmus of.
Caves -- Panama -- Darien, Isthmus of.
Rock formations -- Panama -- Darien, Isthmus of.
Genre Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Landscape photographs -- 1870-1880.
Expedition photographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Moran - Views [P.9244]
Accession number P.9244