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Olin D. Wheeler photographs: Vol 5

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Open book Olin D. Wheeler photographs: Vol 5

Title Olin D. Wheeler photographs: Vol 5

Creator Goff, O. S., Moorhouse, Lee, Hodgson, Caspar W., Gifford, Benjamin A.

Date 1880/1925?

Place Montana--Lame Deer Creek, Montana--Fort Custer, Montana, Wyoming--Excelsior Geyser, Wyoming--Firehole River, United States--Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Oregon--Dalles, Oregon, Wyoming--Yellowstone Lake, Washington (State)--Mount Adams, Washington (State), United States

Subjects Ecology, Trading posts, Fortification, Human settlements, Livestock, Animals, Tipis, Walters, George, Yakima Sally [Ta-wits-poo], Wheeler, Olin Dunbar (1852-1925), Clark, William

Description Photographs of Yosemite National Park, circa 1925, views of landscapes and Native Americans along the route taken by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, ca. 1880-1904, and miscellaneous images associated with Wheeler's interest in western travel. Many of the seventy-one gelatin photographic views of sites in Yosemite, taken after the construction of the Glacier Point Hotel in 1917, include tourists traveling in both Yosemite Transportation System vehicles and in private cars. The rest of the photographs (gelatin, albumen, cyanotype) are scenes taken mainly at the turn of the twentieth century in North Dakota and Montana but also in California, Iowa, Oregon and Washington. There are a number of images of Mandan Indians and their dwellings, schools, graves, transport, etc., taken at or near the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota|landscape views of Montana, including some of the Crook battlefield near Rosebud|scenic shots along the Columbia River and many unidentified rural settings|a photograph of the dedication of the Floyd obelisk near Sioux City, Iowa, on May 31, 1901, and shots of the sewing kit of expedition member George Shannon and a page of the expedition journal. Also, a studio portrait of Olin D. Wheeler and two pictures of him at his Northern Pacific Railway office desk. Box 68 contains photographs of traveling in Yosemite Valley National Park, California, circa 1925. Boxes 69, 70, and 88 contain Indian images and Western scenes, ca. 1880-1922. Seven identifiable photographers in the collection are C. Emsley, Corliss Fairchild, Benjamin A. Gifford, Orlando Scott Goff, Caspar W. Hodgson, L.A.Huffman, and Lee Moorhouse.

Format Photographs

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection, Edward E. Ayer Art Collection

Call Number Ayer Photographs Box 88: Custer Corresp. Photographs Volume 4

Projects Tag American Indian Histories and Cultures (Adam Matthew Digital)

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3170px × 4029px 36.56 MB

File Created 01/10/2014

Filename AP_3784-5_box_88_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL120VY9

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