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Call Number:

PH-02518

Collection Name:

Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery

Creator:

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887

Russell, Andrew J. (1830 - 1902)

No. of Items:

30 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1870

Description:

Photographically illustrated book by F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer) Hayden (American, 1829-1887), entitled Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery (New York, J. Bien, 1870), containing thirty albumen prints by Andrew J. Russell (American, 1830-1902). Captions follow.

958:0363:0001 -- Moore’s Lake - Head of the Bear River, Uintah Mountains;
958:0363:0002 -- Granite Rock - Buford Station, Laramie Mountains;
958:0363:0003 -- Skull Rock (Granite) - Sherman Station, Laramie Mountains;
958:0363:0004 -- Malloy’s Cut - Sherman Station, Laramie Range;
958:0363:0005 -- Dial Rock - Red Buttes, Laramie Plains;
958:0363:0006 -- Laramie Valley - from Sheephead Mountains;
958:0363:0007 -- Snow and Timber Line - Medicine Bow Mountain;
958:0363:0008 -- High Bluffs - Black Buttes;
958:0363:0009 -- Bitter Creek Valley - Near Green River;
958:0363:0010 -- Burning Rock Cut - Green River Valley;
958:0363:0011 -- Citadel Rock - Green River Valley;
958:0363:0012 -- Castle Rock - Green River Valley;
958:0363:0013 -- Church Buttes - Near Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory;
958:0363:0014 -- Lake at the Head of Bear River, Uintah Mountains;
958:0363:0015 -- Conglomerate peaks of Echo;
958:0363:0016 -- Sentinel Rock - Echo Cañon;
958:0363:0017 -- Hanging Rock - Echo City;
958:0363:0018 -- Coalville - Weber Valley, Utah;
958:0363:0019 -- Thousand Mile Tree;
958:0363:0020 -- Wilhelmina’s Pass - Distant View of Serrated Rocks or Devil’s Slide, Weber Cañon, Utah;
958:0363:0021 -- Serrated Rocks or Devil’s Slide (Near View) - Weber Cañon, Utah;
958:0363:0022 -- Tunnel No. 3 - Weber Cañon, Utah;
958:0363:0023 -- Devil’s Gate (From Below) - Weber Cañon, Wasatch Mountains;
958:0363:0024 -- City Creek Cañon - Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake Valley;
958:0363:0025 -- Wasatch Range or Rocky Mountains - from Brigham Young’s Woolen Mills;
958:0363:0026 -- Salt Lake City - Camp Douglas and Wasatch Mountains in the Background;
958:0363:0027 -- Great Mormon Tabernacle - Salt Lake City;
958:0363:0028 -- Trestle Work - Promontory Point, Salt Lake Valley;
958:0363:0029 -- Summit of Sierra Nevada - Snow Sheds in Foreground, Donner Lake in the Distance, Central Pacific R. R.;
958:0363:0030 -- Hydraulic Gold Mining - Near Dutch Flat, California, C. P. R. R.

Accession No(s):

958:0363:0001-0030

Location(s):

q F 594 H41 HRC-P (958:0363:0001-0030)
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