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Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942) and Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829-1887) Eleven Large Albumen Photographs of the Far West. Dept. of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, [c. 1873]. Including: an unidentified mountain view numbered 68-4; Eroded Sandstones, Monument Park, Colorado view 72; and view 73; Cathedral Spires "Garden of the Gods"; Colorado City, Cheyenne Mtn.; Mt. Harvard; Mt. Harvard, Sawatch Range, View South on Arkansas River; an unidentified mountain range; Maroon Mtn., Elk Mts., Head of Rock Creek; Mountain of the Holy Cross; [and] Roches Moutonnies, near the Mountain of the Holy Cross; all photos with Department of the Interior imprint on mount in gold with Jackson and Hayden credited, gold outline borders; each photo approximately 13 x 10 in. on a 20 x 16 in. mount. (11)
Estimate $1,000-2,000
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