The Pyramid and Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nev. / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Vintage Print
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This rare historic photograph captures The Pyramid and Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nev. / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Pyramid and Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nev. / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot.
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Pyramid Lake in western Nevada takes its name from the tall tufa formation rising from its shore, and this view turns the camera on that pale stone pyramid and the rounded domes beside it. Timothy H. O'Sullivan made the picture in 1867 while working with Clarence King's U.S. Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, and it appeared as plate 91 in the survey's published report. The lake is a remnant of Lake Lahontan, a much larger body of water from the last Ice Age, and the tufa deposits built up where mineral-rich spring water met the lake. Survey photographs like this one documented geology for the federal government, and they also capture the open, treeless landscape of the Great Basin that the expedition crossed.
| Created / published | [1867] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Expedition photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Plate 91 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) Rock formations--Nevada--Pyramid Lake--1860-1870. Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Pyramid Lake--1860-1870. Pyramid Lake (Nev.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,638 × 3,717 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221734 |
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