The two races, at Fort Mojave, Arizona.
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Title |
The two races, at Fort Mojave, Arizona. |
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Creator |
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 |
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Date |
1867 |
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Date (EDTF) |
1867 |
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Decade |
1860-1869 |
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Part Of |
Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad: route of the 35th parallel |
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Place |
Fort Mohave, Arizona |
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Description |
This photographs shows Captain Samuel B.M. Young, 8th Cavalry (who later became Lieutenant-General Young and first chief of staff of the U.S. Army), his wife Margaret, and daughters Edith and Burton. "Behind the captain's chair stands a young Mohave Indian girl, who became part of the Young household at the post (Babbitt 1981, 346)." Babbitt, James E. 1981. Surveyors along the 35th Parallel: Alexander Gardner's photographs of northern Arizona. The Journal of Arizona History 22: 325-348. This is plate 101 in a series of views by Alexander Gardner made in 1867 and 1868 starting in St. Louis, Missouri through Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona to San Francisco, California. Series made for the Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division later renamed the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Gardner accompanied the survey party seeking the best southern route for the railroad going through Kansas along the old Santa Fe Trail south to Albuquerque, then west along the 35th parallel to the Tehachapi Pass before heading north to San Francisco. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, soldiers, American Indians, other people, forts, vegetation, geological formations, rivers, plains, mountain ranges, and railroad construction. The series is significant as the earliest comprehensive U.S. western landscape survey. |
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Notes |
Alex. Gardner, Photographer, 511 Seventh Street, Washington. No. 101. |
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Keywords |
U.S. West; Arizona; men; women; children; Indians of North America; Mojave; Mohave |
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Physical Description |
1 photographic print: albumen; 15 x 20.3 cm on 30.3 x 45.7 cm mount |
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Form/Genre |
Photographic prints
Albumen prints
Landscape photographs
Portfolios |
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Digital Resource Type |
Image |
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Digitization Date |
Digitized: 2006 |
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Digital Format |
Displayed as image/jp2; uploaded as image/jpg |
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Archival File Resolution |
Archival scan: 1200 ppi |
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Digitization Process |
Digitization process: scanned at 1200 ppi; derivatives: shadow detail adjusted and image resized at 3000 pixels wide in Photoshop. |
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Call Number |
Ag1982.0214x |
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Upload File Name |
ag1982_0214x_101_opt.jpg |
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Archival File Name(s) |
00000101.tif |
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Digital Collection |
U.S. West: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints |
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Library |
DeGolyer Library |
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Publisher |
SMU Libraries |
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Rights |
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. |
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