Lot 334

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer. Head of Bear River, Utah. Albumen photograph from Clarence King's Survey of the Fortieth Parallel. 1869.

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Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Estimate$2,000 – $3,000

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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer. Head of Bear River, Utah. Albumen photograph from Clarence King's Survey of the Fortieth Parallel. 1869.

7 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. albumen photograph on 12 x 17 1/4 in. cardstock mount with "US Engineer Department, Geological Exploration. Fortieth Parallel" printed in lower margin (variable degree of spotting, toning, some chipping and light edge wear to mount). Inscribed in contemporary pencil at lower right. Photograph referenced in Davis and Aspinwall's 2011 book Timothy H. O'Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs [plate 147].

The photograph was taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan during the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel led by Clarence King from 1867-1869 and 1872. The expedition was ordered by the War Department and approved by Congress in 1867 for the purpose of exploring land along and north of the fortieth parallel north, from eastern Wyoming, through southern Idaho, northern Utah, northern Nevada, and northern California.

The Bear River, which is approx. 350 miles long, is the largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, draining a mountainous area and farming valleys northeast of the Great Salt Lake and southeast of the Snake River Plain. It flows through northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and back into northern Utah.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[WESTERN AMERICANA]. O'SULLIVAN, Timothy (1840-1882), photographer. Head of Bear River, Utah. Albumen photograph from Clarence King's Survey of the Fortieth Parallel. 1869.

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