Hayden Survey Party in Camp at Ogden, Utah 1872

Summary

This image was taken as part of the Hayden Survey of western Wyoming and Colorado, which later led to the formation of the U.S. Geological Surveys of the Territories within the Department of the Interior. William Henry Jackson, then a budding photographer, took thousands of photographs for the Hayden Survey, most notably the first images of the headwaters of the Yellowstone River. Pictured are William Henry Holmes, Charles R. Campbell, Frank H. Bradley, John Merle Coulter, William Henry Jackson, and Albert Charles Peale in front of their tent.

Subject

• Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942
• Peale, A. C (Albert Charles) 1849-1914
• Bradley, Frank Howe 1838-1879
• Coulter, John Merle 1851-1928
• Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933
• Campbell, Charles R
• Geological Survey (U.S.)
• Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
• United States Department of the Interior

Notes

Also known as RU7177_Box14_Hayden06 [SPI_1497]

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2008-6147

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1872

Restrictions & Rights

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• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Geography
• Scientific expeditions
• Geology
• Geologists

Place

• Ogden (Utah)
• Wyoming
• Colorado
• Yellowstone River

Form/Genre

• Albumen prints
• Photographs

Local number

SIA RU007177 [SIA2008-6147]

Physical description

Albumen prints

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