Wheeler Survey of 1873

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Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882
Creator: Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)
Collection Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882; Bell, William, 1830-1910
Collection Creator: Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection of Timothy H. O'Sullivan photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.229, National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: This series contains 22 albumen prints (and 5 copy negatives) photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan in 1873 for the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. The survey was commonly referred to as the "Wheeler Surveys." The photos in this series are one half of a stereoscope photograph. The photographs includes depictions of Diné (Navajo), A:shiwi (Zuni), Western Apache, and White Mountain Apache peoples and pueblos. The images also include scenes shot at Canyon de Chelley in Arizona.

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NMAI.AC.229

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Timothy H. O'Sullivan and William Bell photographs from the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian

Photographer

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Summary

This collection contains photographs documenting American Indian communities and landscape scenes in the Southwest photographed by Timothy O'Sullivan and William Bell for U.S. geographical surveys circa 1871-1874.