[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN, Timothy H., photographer (1840-1882). A set of 50 stereoviews from the Wheeler Expedition. War Department, Corps of E

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Jun 25, 2021

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  A collection of 50 stereoviews from the Wheeler Expedition, 1871-1874, including: 7 from 1871 (#1-7); 8 from 1872 (#8-15); 18 from 1873 (#16-33), and 17 from 1874 (#34-50). All images by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, with the exception of 8 (#8-15) by William Bell. Each mounted on yellow cardstock mount with expedition imprint on recto and War Department imprint with photographer's credit, view number, and caption on verso, except for #68 (also #26) on which number and caption are printed on mount recto along with "Indian Series" imprint. Many with some surface soiling, spotting, and wear to mount edges and corners. #47 with loss to lower right corner of mount. 
  
  Timothy H. O'Sullivan started out as an apprentice to Mathew Brady at his Fulton St. studio in New York before the start of the Civil War, and continued working for Brady, and later Alexander Gardner, in the field during the war. O'Sullivan's experience earned him the role of official photographer of the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, an expedition led by Clarence King from 1867-1869 purposed to survey the territory between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. In 1871, O'Sullivan joined Army Engineer Lieutenant George M. Wheeler on another western expedition, this one part of a series with the ambitious objective of mapping the portion of the United States west of the 100th meridian. O'Sullivan remained working for the Wheeler Survey until 1874, even leading his own exploration of the geological structures and archaeological remains around present-day Arizona's Cañon de Chelle in 1873, where he captured one of his best-known images, "Ancient Ruins in the Cañon de Chelle."
  
  Complete list of stereoviews (truncated captions)
  
  1871: The start from Camp Mojave, Arizona, September 15th, 1871. -- View across Black Cañon. -- View down Black Cañon, from Mirror Bar. -- Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River. -- Types of Mojave Indians. -- View of Grand Cañon walls, near mouth of Diamond River. -- Mountain transportation. Pack mule, Pack and Packers. 
  
  1872: The Cañon of Kanab Creek, near its junction with the Grand Cañon of the Colorado. -- "The Bath," a dripping spring in Kanab Cañon. -- The mouth of Kanab Creek. -- Mouth of the Paria, Colorado River; walls 2,100 feet in height. -- View in the Grand Cañon of the Colorado River. -- Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1.200 feet deep. -- The norther wall of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap valley. -- The "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona.
  
  1873: Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. -- Zuni Indian Girl, with water olla. -- Gardens surrounding the Indian Pueblo of Zuni, in which are raised a variety of vegetables, such as pepper, onions, garlic &c. -- Group of Zuni Indian "Braves," at their Pueblo, N.M. -- War Chief of the Zuni Indians. -- Ruins in Cañon de Chelle, N.M., in a cavity in the wall, 60 feet above present bed of Cañon. -- Circle Wall, Cañon de Chelle. -- Explorers Column, Cañon de Chelle, Arizona. -- Central portion of Cañon de Chelle, New Mexico. -- Camp Beauty, Cañon de Chelle; walls 1,200 feet high, width of Cañon at this point about one fourth of a mile. -- Aboriginal Life, among the Navajoes, Cañon de Chelle. -- Navajo Indian Squaw, and Child, at their home, in Cañon de Chelle. -- Navajo Boys and Squaw, in front of the quarters at old Fort Defiance, N.M., now unoccupied by troops. -- Navajo Brave and his Mother. -- Apache Lake, Summit of Sierra Blanca Mountains, about 35 miles east from Camp Apache, Arizona, and 10.500 feet above sea-level. -- Coyotero Apache Scouts, at Apache Lake, Sierra Blanca mountains, Arizona. -- Cooley's Ranch, 10 miles east of Camp Apache, Arizona. -- Apache Indians, as they appear ready for the war-path.
  
  1874: Roman Catholic Church, Plaza of Guadaloupe, Guadaloupe Co., Colorado. -- Beaver Lake, Conejos Cañon, Colorado, 9.000 feet above seal-level, and 30 miles from mouth of Cañon. -- Cañon, Valley of the Conejos River, looking south from vicinity of "Lost Lakes." -- Lost Lakes, head of Conejos Cañon, Colorado, in the Sierra San Juan range, near divide between Conejos and south fork of Alamosa Rivers, surrounded by a forest of Douglass spruce, and approximately 11.000 feet above sea-level. -- One of the group of Pagosa Hot Springs, showing incrustation on the surface. -- Pah-ge, a Ute Squaw, of the Kah-poh-teh band, Northern New Mexico. -- Ute Braves, of the Kah-poh-teh band, Northern New Mexico, in "full dress." -- Jicarilla Apache Brave and Squaw, lately wedded. -- Shee-zah-nan-tan, Jicarilla Apache Brave in characteristic costume, Northern New Mexico. -- Characteristic ruin, of the Pueblo San Juan, New Mexico, on the north bank of the San Juan River, about 15 miles west of the mouth of Cañon Largo. -- Lagunas Caballo, or Horse Lakes, 14 miles, N.W. from Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. -- Alpine Lake, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado. -- Baldy Peak, Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 14.234 feet above sea-level. -- Alpine lakes, and mountain scenery, in the Cerro Blanco Mountains, Colorado, 13.000 feet above sea-level. -- Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, Main Fall, 210 feet from upper to lower level, width of fall, 800 feet from upper to lower level; Height of Cañon wall at the falls, 1.000 feet. -- Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, looking through the timber, and showing the main fall, and upper or "Lace Falls." -- Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho. 
  
   
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