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Witches Rocks, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Antique Wall Art

Witches Rocks, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1869] — historic photograph
Witches Rocks, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1869]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures Witches Rocks, Utah / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Witches Rocks, a cluster of eroded stone formations in Utah, is the subject here, and this view is plate 18 from the *Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel*. That survey was led by geologist Clarence King under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Timothy H. O'Sullivan, who made much of the survey's field photography, took the picture around 1869, when expedition photographers were recording western landscapes for scientific and mapping purposes. Albumen prints like this one were the standard way such views reached government reports and the public.

Created / published[1869]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreExpedition photographs 1860-1870.Landscape photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item. Plate 18 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].
SubjectsUnited States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel--(1867-1881)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-126807

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