Lake Marian, Humboldt Mts, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Antique Wall Art
![Lake Marian, Humboldt Mts, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1868] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1a/1a45905404d1-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Lake Marian, Humboldt Mts, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Lake Marian, Humboldt Mts, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.
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Lake Marian, tucked into the Humboldt Mountains of Nevada, is the subject here, a small body of water that the survey party recorded during its work along the Fortieth Parallel. Timothy H. O'Sullivan made the exposure, which was issued as Plate 122 of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, a federal survey led by geologist Clarence King under the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The survey's photographers hauled bulky wet-plate equipment across the Great Basin in the late 1860s, and their albumen prints were meant to document terrain for scientists and mapmakers alike. The image's quiet, still water shows how carefully the team framed landscapes as evidence of the region's geology.
| Created / published | [1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Expedition photographs 1860-1870.Landscape photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Plate 122 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. |
| Subjects | United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel--(1867-1881) Lakes & ponds--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,171 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114507 |
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