Posted on 06/13/2012 12:22:33 AM PDT by brityank
How the Wild West REALLY looked: Gorgeous sepia-tinted pictures show the landscape as it was charted for the very first time
By Rob Cooper
PUBLISHED: 09:11 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:39 EST, 25 May 2012These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before - as it was charted for the first time.
The photos, by Timothy O'Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape.
At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest of the west as they sought to uncover the land's untapped natural resources.
Breathtaking landscape: A view across the Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho in 1874 as it was caught on camera by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan during Lt. George M. Wheeler's survey west of the One Hundredth Meridian that lasted from 1871 to 1874. Approximately 45 feet higher than the Niagara falls of the U.S and Canada, the Shoshone Falls are sometimes called the 'Niagara of the West'. Before mass migration ...
Portrait: Native American (Paiute) men, women and children pose for a picture near a tree. The picture is thought to have been taken in Cottonwood Springs (Washoe County), Nevada, in 1875. Known for his dispassionate views towards native Americans on his travels, O'Sullivan was more interested in photographing the true lifestyles of the indigenous people and not a preconceived image ...
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Not often we see collages like this about the US - thought you might be interested. Cheers. :^)
Thanks for posting !
Canyon de Chelly is stunning.
Truly amazing ... thank you for posting.
Thanks, that killed like a half hour.
Really nice! Thanks!
Some of these pictures are in locations that I could drive to in much less than an hour: the Washoe Paiute at Cottonwood Springs (pic 18), Pyramid Lake (second pic from the top), Carson Sink dunes (pic 12), Gold Hill (Virginia City, pic 13), and the good old Truckee River which flows right through town. One or two of those pics were taken in places where I am precisely certain where the camera was set up.
Those pics i listed above are basically my backyard, but I will say that the original photographer seemed to miss taking pictures of some of the more splendid vistas in the local area. I guess that he left that for Ansel Adams to photograph some 80 years later.
See my FR profile page to see what this area looks like today in color photography.
My mother actually lives there right now, inside the Hopi reservation as part of the larger surrounding Navajo reservation.
Bttt ...
Must see
Beautiful pics
bookmarked
Ping.
Thanks. Beautiful
I’m struck by the resolution of the camera.
Cool
We’re headed to Idaho next week.
Shoshone Falls here we come!
We’re headed to Idaho next week.
Shoshone Falls here we come!
Incredible pics!!!
Ping
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