Members of the 1870 U.S. government survey of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains led by Ferdinand Hayden (also known as the "Hayden Geological Survey")

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Summary

Members of the 1870 U.S. government survey of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains led by Ferdinand Hayden (also known as the "Hayden Geological Survey"). Standing left to right: John "Potato John" Raymond and "Val," cooks; Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880), landscape painter; Henry Wood Elliott (1846-1930), artist; James Stevenson (1840-1888), assistant; Henry D. Schmidt, naturalist; E. Campbell Carrington, zoologist; L. A. Bartlett, general assistant; William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), photographer. Sitting left to right: C. S. Turnbull, secretary; J. H. Beaman, meteorologist; Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829-1887), geologist in charge; Cyrus Thomas (1825-1910), agriculturist; Raphael, hunter; A. L. Ford, mineralogist. The Library of Congress copy of this photograph is captioned "A noon meal in Ferdinand V. Hayden's camp of the U.S. Geological and Geophysical Survey, Red Buttes, Wyoming Territory, August 24, 1870."

Subject

  • Raymond, John
  • Gifford, Sanford Robinson 1823-1880
  • Elliott, Henry Wood 1846-1930
  • Stevenson, James 1840-1888
  • Schmidt, Henry D
  • Carrington, E. Campbell
  • Bartlett, L. A
  • Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942
  • Turnbull, C. S
  • Beaman, J. H
  • Hayden, F. V (Ferdinand Vandeveer) 1829-1887
  • Thomas, Cyrus 1825-1910
  • Ford, A. L
  • Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4325

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1870

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Topic

  • Photographers
  • Painters
  • Hunting and gathering societies
  • Geologists
  • Zoology
  • Agriculture
  • Mineralogists
  • Artists
  • Cooks
  • Naturalists
  • Meteorology
  • Zoologists
  • Meteorologists
  • Agriculturists
  • Hunters

Place

  • Rocky Mountains
  • Yellowstone River

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4325]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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