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Steamboat Springs, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Antique Print

Steamboat Springs, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1867] — historic photograph
Steamboat Springs, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1867]. Historic photograph from the Steamboats 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 historic photograph of Steamboat Springs, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Steamboat Springs, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.

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Steamboat Springs, Nevada, takes its name from the chugging sound of its hot-water vents, which resembles the paddle engines of a river steamboat. Timothy H. O'Sullivan made this view in 1867 while working for the Fortieth Parallel Survey, the federal effort led by geologist Clarence King to map the land along the 40th parallel. The survey's photographers hauled heavy wet-plate equipment across the West, and this albumen print was issued as plate 98 in the survey's published report. Look closely at the rising steam to see how the photographer recorded a landscape that was still active.

Created / published[1867]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreExpedition photographs 1860-1870.Landscape photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesPlate 98 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?]. Title from item.
SubjectsUnited States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel--(1867-1881)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,159 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147584

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