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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04349 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Views of the American West [album of 50 prints, including railroads, etc.] |
| Date | ca. 1868 |
| Author | Russell, Andrew J. (1829-1902) |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Faint outline of handwritten captions on back of photographs. Numbers 32 and 33 not included in images represented here. Full list of photographs: Album: Views of the American West ca. 1868 8.5 x 11.5 Albumen Print Contents of Album: Photo Box 06 1. Album Cover. 2. Devil's Gate, Dale Creek Canon. 3. Camel Rocks, Near Beaufort Station. 4. North Platte Bridge. 5. Sentinel Rock. 6. One Thousand Mile Tree. 7. Looking Down Echo Canon from Death's Rock. 8. Co-Operative Store, Salt Lake City. 9. Brigham Young's Cotton and Woolen Factories. 10. Wilhelmina Pass. 11. Conglomerate Peaks, at Echo. 12. View from Tunnel No.2. 13. Promontory Trestle Work. 14. Tunnel No. 2, Near Echo. 15. Salt Lake City. 16. Weber Valley from Witches' Rocks. 17. Source of the Laramie River. 18. Snow and Timber Line, Laramie Mountains. 19. Weber Valley, near Coalville, Utah. 20. Church Buttes. 21. Great Mormon Tabernacle. 22. Brigham Young's Residence. 23. High Bluff, Black Buttes. 24. Loop Fork Bridge. 25. Brigham Young's Bath House. 26. Castle Rock, Green River Valley. 27. Hydraulic Gold Mining. 28. Skull Rock. 29. Moore's Lake. 30. Temple Street, Salt Lake City. 31. Echo City, from the South. Contents of Drop Spine Box- Photo Box 07 32. Looking into Weber Valley. 33. Summit of Sierra Nevadas. 34. Hanging Rock. 35. Building First Bridge at Devil's Gate. 36. Dale Creek Bridge. 37. Wilhelmina Pass, Below Bridge No. 28. 38. Grizzly Bear Peak. 39. Tunnel No.3, U.P.R.R. 40. Smith's Buttes. 41. Theatre at Salt Lake City. 42. Dial or Vase Rocks. 43. Finger Rock. 44. Green River Bridge. 45. Rock Great Eastern. 46. Devil's Gate, Weber Canon. 47. The Old Trapper. 48. Ripple Lake. 49. Lake of the Sounding Shore. 50. The Sphynx. 51. Weber, From One Thousand Feet Elevation. A short typed list of the photographs is also available. |
| Subjects | American West Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration Railroad Transportation Religion |
| People | Russell, Andrew J. (1829-1902) |
| Place written | [various places] |
| Theme | Religion; Science, Technology, Invention; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |