U.S. Geographical Survey Expedition West of the 100th Meridian of 1872 - Stereoviews, 1872
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stereoviews of the U.S. Geographical Survey Expedition West of the 100th Meridian of 1872
- Dates:
- 1872
- Creators:
- William Bell
- Extent:
- 35 photographic prints ; stereograph, albumen ; 10 x 18 cm. 35 digital objects
- Language:
- Collection materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Stereoviews of the U.S. Geographical Survey Expedition West of the 100th Meridian of 1872, BANC PIC 19xx.090--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists of 35 stereographs of the U.S. Geographical Survey Expedition West of the 100th Meridian of 1872, photographed by William Bell. Includes views from the Utah Series, the Colorado River Series, and the Geological Series. The locations photographed include: Mt. Nebo, Willow Creek Canyon, Salt Creek Canyon, Gunnison, Mt. Baldy, Kanab Canyon, Colorado Basin, Paria River, the Grand Canyon, miscellaneous Arizona scenes, and others. The photographer's numbers are retained for the numbering system, which accounts for the gaps in numbering. Printed captions below the photographs are reprinted in the container listing.
- Biographical / historical:
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William Bell was born in Liverpool, England in 1830. His career as a photographer began as a daguerreotyper working for John Keenan beginning in 1848. In 1852 he opened his own daguerreotype gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1873 he took on William H. Rau as an assistant photographer and later became his partner (1870s). Bell's photographic collections include the Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian Expedition of 1872, and Expeditions of 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874. He died in 1910 in Philadelphia.
(Source: Treadwell, T. K. and William C. Darrah. Stereographers of the World. [Byran, Texas] : National Stereoscopic Association, c1994, v. 2.)
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1997
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: May 2015
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is available for use.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Stereoviews of the U.S. Geographical Survey Expedition West of the 100th Meridian of 1872, BANC PIC 19xx.090--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481