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Bell, William H.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Photographic Prints from the US Geological Explorations of the Fortieth Parallel and the US Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian

 Collection
Identifier: MC-0682
Scope and Contents of the Collection Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates: 1867 - 1872

Series 2. US Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 1871 - 1872

 Series
Scope and Contents of the Collection From the Collection: Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates: 1871 - 1872

Subseries 2B. 1872 Expedition, photographs by William H. Bell, 1872

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents of the Collection From the Collection: Four major surveys (King, Powell, Hayden, Wheeler) of the geography and geology of the western United States were authorized by the US government in the years after the Civil War. The King Survey was established by Congress (Acts of March 2, 1867) in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department; the Wheeler Survey was officially established by Congress (Act of June 10, 1872). This majority of photographic prints in this collection were taken by Timothy H. O'Sullivan for...
Dates: 1872

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Albumen prints 1
Expedition photographs 1
Landscape photographs 1