Plate XXIII - Devil's Slide at Cinnabar Mountain

ID: SIA RU007177 [SIA2018-111386]

Creator: Jackson, William Henry 1843-1942

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1873

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2018-111386

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Summary

Pictured is Devil's Slide at Cinnabar Mountain. This image was taken as part of the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Surveys of the Territories. William Henry Jackson, then a budding photographer, took thousands of photographs for the survey, most notably the first images of the headwaters of the Yellowstone River.

Subject

  • Hayden, F. V (Ferdinand Vandeveer) 1829-1887
  • Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
  • Geological Survey (U.S.)

Notes

  • See also number SIA_007177_B14_F16_I03
  • See also number SPI_1517

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7177, Image No. SIA2018-111386

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1873
  • C. 1873

Restrictions & Rights

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Geology
  • Geologists

Place

  • Cinnabar Mountain (Idaho)
  • Yellowstone River

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007177 [SIA2018-111386]

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