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Title: Cave of Cupica Bay Isthmus
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., 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.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Views [P.9244]

Title: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1872, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
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., Five are from the Colorado River Series and two from the Geological Series., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., 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., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., 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.
Creator: Bell, William, 1830-1910
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bell - Views [66651.D.1-7]

Title: View in tropical forest
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., 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.
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Darien Expedition [8322.F]

Title: Views of Chatham Island, South Pacific during United States Transit of Venus expedition
Description: Series of expedition views from photographer William H. Rau's Transit of Venus expedition to Chatham Island in December 1874 depict crude wooden structures in a rural landscape., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint on mounts., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.1: "Rear view of one observatory", Manuscript note on verso of item P.9517.2: "Cabin built by the wrecked crew of the American whaler "Alabama" 1868"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Philadelphia photographer William H. Rau was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party travelled to the Chatham Islands, an archipelago off the coast of New Zealand, to view the astronomical phenomenon, but inclement weather there prevented Rau from collecting decent images of the event.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Views [P.9517.1-2]

Title: Explorations West of the 100th Meridian. Expedition of 1871, Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Com'dg
Description: Series of titled views from Wheeler's United States surveys of the West include, "Grand Cañon, from opposite Diamond Creek," "Middle of Black Cañon," "The Start, Camp Mohave, A.T.," "Mohave Indians; Panambona and Mitiwara," "Camp Big Horn, Black Cañon," "Mohaves Caught Napping," and "Grand Cañon, above Grotto Spring." Images depict mostly landscape views of large rock formations flanking the Colorado River. Views also include Mohave people and men leaving Camp Mohave in boats., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on versos: Bessie & Smith, Media., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., See William Bell's series [66651.D.1-7] of Colorado River and Geological Series for similar views of Wheeler's survey. Bell replaced O'Sullivan in 1872., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Timothy O'Sullivan accompanied George M. Wheeler on his survey of the territories west of the 100th meridian in 1871, 1873 and 1875.
Creator: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
Date: [ca. 1871]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - O'Sullivan - Views [66652.D.1-7]

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