Horse Shoe Cañon, Green River / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Historic Print
![Horse Shoe Cañon, Green River / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot., [1872] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/db/db044b1fb4d7-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Horse Shoe Cañon, Green River / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Horse Shoe Cañon, Green River / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.
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Horse Shoe Cañon, on the Green River, is the subject here, a rock-walled gorge that the photographer Timothy H. O'Sullivan recorded during the Fortieth Parallel survey. Led by geologist Clarence King, the survey mapped the geology of the western territories along the 40th parallel, and its photographers documented terrain that few outsiders had seen. This albumen print is Plate 49 from the survey's published report, and its canyon walls show how the expedition's photographers used landscape to convey both the scale and the difficulty of the country.
| Created / published | [1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Expedition photographs 1870-1880.Landscape photographs 1870-1880.Albumen prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Plate 49 from: Geological exploration of the fortieth parallel / U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers ; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C., 187-?]. Title from item. |
| Subjects | United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel--(1867-1881) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,161 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156411 |
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