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In the 1860s and 70s, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, O'Sullivan joined a number of expeditions organized by the federal government to help document the new frontiers in the American West. The teams were composed of soldiers, scientists, artists, and photographers, and tasked with discovering the best ways to take advantage of the region's untapped natural resources.
A man sits in a wooden boat with a mast on the edge of the Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona. Photo taken in 1871, from expedition camp 8, looking upstream.
Pah-Ute (Paiute) Indian group, near Cedar, Utah, in 1872.
Members of Clarence King's Fortieth Parallel Survey team, near Oreana, Nevada, in 1867.
Panoramic view of tents and a camp identified as "Camp Beauty", rock towers and canyon walls in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Tents and possibly a lean-to shelter stand on the canyon floor, near trees and talus. Photographed in 1873.
Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. View from the plaza in 1873.
Boat crew of the "Picture" at Diamond Creek. Photo shows photographer Timothy O'Sullivan, fourth from left, with fellow members of the Wheeler survey and Native Americans, following ascent of the Colorado River through the Black Canyon in 1871.
Browns Park, Colorado, 1872.
A man sits on a rocky shore beside the Colorado River in Iceberg Canyon, on the border of Mojave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada in 1871.
Timothy O'Sullivan's darkroom wagon, pulled by four mules, entered the frame at the right side of the photograph, reached the center of the image, and turned around, heading back out of the frame. Footprints lead from the wagon toward the camera, revealing the photographer's path. Photo taken in 1867, in the Carson Sink, part of Nevada's Carson Desert.
The mining town of Gold Hill, just south of Virginia City, Nevada, in 1867.
A wooden balanced incline used for gold mining, at the Illinois Mine in the Pahranagat Mining District, Nevada in 1871. An ore car would ride on parallel tracks connected to a pulley wheel at the top of tracks.
Headlands north of the Colorado River Plateau, 1872.
Native American (Paiute) men, women and children sit or stand and pose in rows under a tree near probably Cottonwood Springs (Washoe County), Nevada, in 1875.
A distant view of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1873.
Maiman, a Mojave Indian, guide and interpreter during a portion of the season in the Colorado country, in 1871.
Alta City, Little Cottonwood, Utah, ca. 1873.
Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, in 1869. Note man and horse near the bridge at bottom right.
Oak Grove, White Mountains, Sierra Blanca, Arizona in 1873.
A man sits in a wooden boat with a mast on the edge of the Colorado River in the Black Canyon, Mojave County, Arizona. Photo taken in 1871, from expedition camp 8, looking upstream.
Pah-Ute (Paiute) Indian group, near Cedar, Utah, in 1872.
Members of Clarence King's Fortieth Parallel Survey team, near Oreana, Nevada, in 1867.
Panoramic view of tents and a camp identified as "Camp Beauty", rock towers and canyon walls in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. Tents and possibly a lean-to shelter stand on the canyon floor, near trees and talus. Photographed in 1873.
Old Mission Church, Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. View from the plaza in 1873.
Boat crew of the "Picture" at Diamond Creek. Photo shows photographer Timothy O'Sullivan, fourth from left, with fellow members of the Wheeler survey and Native Americans, following ascent of the Colorado River through the Black Canyon in 1871.
Browns Park, Colorado, 1872.
A man sits on a rocky shore beside the Colorado River in Iceberg Canyon, on the border of Mojave County, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada in 1871.
Timothy O'Sullivan's darkroom wagon, pulled by four mules, entered the frame at the right side of the photograph, reached the center of the image, and turned around, heading back out of the frame. Footprints lead from the wagon toward the camera, revealing the photographer's path. Photo taken in 1867, in the Carson Sink, part of Nevada's Carson Desert.
The mining town of Gold Hill, just south of Virginia City, Nevada, in 1867.
A wooden balanced incline used for gold mining, at the Illinois Mine in the Pahranagat Mining District, Nevada in 1871. An ore car would ride on parallel tracks connected to a pulley wheel at the top of tracks.
Headlands north of the Colorado River Plateau, 1872.
Native American (Paiute) men, women and children sit or stand and pose in rows under a tree near probably Cottonwood Springs (Washoe County), Nevada, in 1875.
A distant view of Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1873.
Maiman, a Mojave Indian, guide and interpreter during a portion of the season in the Colorado country, in 1871.
Alta City, Little Cottonwood, Utah, ca. 1873.
Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, in 1869. Note man and horse near the bridge at bottom right.
Oak Grove, White Mountains, Sierra Blanca, Arizona in 1873.
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