1872
by Jackson, William Henry
1872. Large format. Albumen photograph [24.5 cm x 33 cm] / [9.5" x 13"] On a tan mount [40.5 cm x 50.5 cm] / [16" x 20"] Ding to mount at lower left edge. Emulsion cracked at the left side (over the larger tree).. Title in the negative. This early Jackson image was taken for F.V. Hayden's Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. View shows two men beside fallen trees on a hillside near Jackson Lake and the Teton Range in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. A mountain panorama includes snow on Mount Moran and Grand Teton. This is one of the first photographs taken of the Tetons
William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) is one the pioneer photographers of the West and maybe the most famous. After a tour of duty in the Civil War, he headed West and eventually settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a portrait photography studio with his brother Edward. As Jackson explained, however, "Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures." In 1870 he accompanied geologist Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden on an expedition across Wyoming, along the Green River, and eventually into the Yellowstone Lake area. Jackson's images were the first published photographs of Yellowstone. Partly on the strength of these photographs, the area became America's first national park in March 1872. (Inventory #: 10072)
William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) is one the pioneer photographers of the West and maybe the most famous. After a tour of duty in the Civil War, he headed West and eventually settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a portrait photography studio with his brother Edward. As Jackson explained, however, "Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and about the surrounding country; the taste strengthening as my successes became greater in proportion to the failures." In 1870 he accompanied geologist Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden on an expedition across Wyoming, along the Green River, and eventually into the Yellowstone Lake area. Jackson's images were the first published photographs of Yellowstone. Partly on the strength of these photographs, the area became America's first national park in March 1872. (Inventory #: 10072)
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