A.J. Russell
Russell (1829-1902) grew up in New York and worked as a painter and a teacher before moving to New York City in 1859 to learn
the new art of photography. During the civil war he served as a military railroad photographer for the Union Army. After
the war he returned to New York City but in 1868 he was hired by the Union Pacific Railroad to photograph the building of
the transcontinental railroad. Between 1868 and 1870 he took over 800 glass-plate negatives and thousands of stereoview
negatives. In 1870 Russell returned to New York City where he spent the rest of his career working as an artist and
photographer for Leslie's Illustrated.
William Henry Jackson
Jackson began his photographic career in Omaha, Nebraska in 1867. After briefly working for another
photographer, he and his brother purchased a studio. Jackson first made a name for himself when he and
his assistant Arundel Hull traveled along the newly completed Union Pacific Railroad photographing the line, the railroad
towns, and scenic wonders in 1868 and 1869. Between 1870 and 1879 he was the photographer in charge for the Hayden Survey. He
was the first photographer to reach Yellowstone National Park and his images played a part in the recognition of that area
for special protection. In 1879 Jackson opened a studio in Denver, Colorado and in 1881 he began work for the Denver &
Rio Grande Railroad. In 1892 he incorporated the W.H. Jackson Photography & Publishing company and traveled throughout the
world as a photographer. In 1897 he moved to Detroit where the Detroit Publishing Company used his
images as postcards. In 1924 the company went bankrupt and Jackson moved to Washington D.C. to publish his memoirs
and paint historic western scenes.
C.W. Carter
Carter grew up in England and after converting to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, emigrated to
the United States. Carter and his wife Sarah reached Salt Lake City in 1864 where he continued the photographic practice he
began in England. Carter initially worked for C.R. Savage before starting his own studio in 1867. Over the years Carter partnered with a number
of photographers including J.B. Silvis, C.W. Symons and Mikkael Faldmo. In 1906 he sold his collection of negatives to the
Salt Lake City Bureau of Information for $400.
Carleton Watkins
Carleton E. Watkins moved to Sacramento California in 1851 from Oneonta, New York. He worked as a clerk
and as a carpenter before being trained by Robert Vance as a portrait daguerreotypist. He soon moved to outdoor photography
and he took a variety of commissions around the San Francisco Bay area between 1856 and 1861. The images that would make
him famous, however, were taken in 1861 of the spectacular Yosemite region. These photographs won praise throughout the
United States and even in Europe. Although Watkins is best known for his Yosemite images, he traveled
throughout the West Coast and in other western states in the 1860s, 1870s and 1880s.
Watkins was, however, a poor businessman and he suffered a series of setbacks financially and
personally and at one point he and his family were living in a
railroad car. He was fortunate though to have the support of Collis Huntington, Josiah D. Whitney and others who supported
him fiscally and encouraged him artistically.
Jack Hillers
Hillers career as a photographer began in 1871 after John Wesley Powell hired him as a boatman for Powell's second expedition down the
Colorado River. Hillers became interested in photography and worked as the assistant to E.O. Beaman, Clem Powell, and James Fennemore.
None of these men, however, were completely satisfactory and Hillers became Powell's lead photographer
in 1873. Hillers faithfully worked for Powell as part of the United States Geological Survey throughout the 1870s and later in Washington D.C. in the 1880s and
1890s. He is best known for his images of the Colorado Plateau and Southwest Indians.
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge grew up in England and emigrated to the United States in 1851. Eventually he made his way to San Francisco and
worked as a book dealer. Muybridge gradually become interested in photography and in the late 1860s he dedicated himself to landscape
photography. Between 1867 and 1877 Muybride traveled along the West Coast and into Nevada and Utah. His most famous images are of
the Yosemite Valley, San Francisco, and the 1873 Modoc Indian War. In the 1870s he increasinly dabbled in motion-picture studies.
He would eventually move to Philadelphia to continue his ground-breaking studies of locomotion.
Register completed by Daniel Davis, December 2005, and modified, November 2006.
Folder 2 - A.J. Russell "Rocky Mountain Scenery, Stereoscopic Views." 1868-1869
1:02:01. "No. 2. Platte Series. 42.-Loup Fork Bridge, exterior view."
1:02:02. "No. 10. Devil's Gate Series. 410.-Devil's Gate Bridge, Showing River."
1:02:03. "No. 12. Utah Series. 465.-On Wasatch Mountains."
1:02:04. "No. 14. California Series. 555.-Hydraulic Gold Mining, below Bank."
1:02:05. "No. 15. Groups & Indians Series. 576.-Snake Squaws Making Toilet."
1:02:06. "No. 8. Echo Kanyon Series, 285.-Castle on Mountain, Echo Kanyon."
1:02:07. "No. 8. Echo Kanyon Series, 269.-Castle Rock, Old Watch Tower."
1:02:08. "No. 442. Tunnel No. 3, Upper Weber Canyon, Union Pacific Rail Road."
1:02:09. "No. 4. Dale Creek & Laramie Series. 103.-Dale Creek Bridge, from above."
1:02:10. "No. 15. Groups & Indians Series. 579.-Snake Chiefs."
1:02:11.
1:02:12.
1:02:13.
1:02:14.
Folder 3 - A.J. Russell "The Pacific Coast West From Omaha." 1868-1869
1:03:01. "No. 56. Salt Lake City."
1:03:02. "Union Pacific R.R.(2) Bear River Bridge. Corinne."
1:03:03. "California. No. 25. Starr King and Glacier Point."
1:04:04.
Folder 4 - Miscellaneous A.J. Russell. 1868-1869
1:04:01. "No. 9 - The Construction Corps' Dining Room, at the end of 'Tunnel No.2.'" (A post card probably taken
from a Stereo-view).
1:04:02. View of Mormon (polygamous?) family outside of cabin in Echo Canyon. American Views, XLNT Series.
1:04:03. "Moores Lake, great amphitheater, head of Bear River," Union Pacific Rail Road Views, Across the Continent
West from Omaha.
1:04:04.
1:04:05.
1:04:06.
1:04:07.
1:04:08.
Folder 5 - William Henry Jackson (U.S. Geological Survey and later). 1870s-1890s
1:05:01. "5303. Shoshone Falls Idaho." Circa 1890
1:05:02. "Denver & Rio Grande Railway (Utah Extension.) 4303 Bridge "B." Black Canon." Circa 1880s
1:05:03. "Grand Canon of the Arkansas. 705. The Royal Gorge." Circa 1880s
1:05:04. "16.-Giant Geyser. Fire Hole River." Yellowstone National Park, F.V. Hayden Survey. Circa 1870s
1:05:05. View of railroad bridge, probably in Echo Canyon. Circa 1880s
1:05:06. View of railroad bridge and tunnel, probably in Echo Canyon. Circa 1880s
1:05:07. View of tents of the Hayden Survey camp near Green River, Wyoming. Circa 1870
1:05:08. View of tents of the Hayden Survey camp. Circa 1870
1:05:09. "15.-Crater of 'Bee Hive' Geyser." Yellowstone National Park, F.V. Hayden Survey. Circa 1870s
1:05:10. "40.-Grand Canon of the Yellowstone." Yellowstone National Park, F.V. Hayden Survey. Circa 1870s
1:05:11. "12.-Old Faithful in Eruption. Yellowstone National Park, F.V. Hayden Survey. Circa 1870s
1:05:12. "38.-Cap of Liberty." Yellowstone National Park, F.V. Hayden Survey. Circa 1870s
1:05:13. "92.-Arched Falls. Middle Creek." Probably in Montana. Circa 1870s
Folder 6 - William Henry Jackson (Union Pacific Railroad, Jackson Brothers, Omaha, Nebraska). 1868-1869
1:06:01. "No.104. Pulpit Rock - mouth of Echo
Canon where it is said Brigham Young preached his first Sermon in Utah."
1:06:02. "No. 133. Tunnel No. 2, near Wahsatch."
1:06:03. "No. [184?] Great Salt Lake City."
1:06:04. "Black Hills. No. [212?] Scenes on Crow Creek, 6 miles North of Sherman." Black (Laramie) Hills, Wyoming.
1:06:05. "No. 121 Boulders under the Ampitheatre." Probably in Echo Canyon.
1:06:06. "Wall of Rocks - near Sherman Station." Black (Laramie) Hills, Wyoming.
1:06:07. "No. 77 Devil's Gate - in Weber Canon..."
1:06:08. "No. 168. Giant's Teapot." Near Green River, Wyoming.
1:06:09. "No. [219?] Scenes on Crow Creek, 6 miles N. of Sherman." Black (Laramie) Hills, Wyoming.
1:06:10. "No. 78 Devil's Gate - Weber Canon."
1:06:11. "No. 81 Devil's Gate Bridge."
1:06:12. "No. 88 6th crossing of the Weber River."
1:06:13. "95 West from mouth of Tunnell 3." Probably in Weber or Echo Canyons.
1:06:14. "No. 89. West from Tunnel No. 4, Weber Canon."
1:06:15. "No. 144 The Old 'L' near Wahsatch."
1:06:16. "No. 177 Petrified Fish Cut." Near Green River, Wyoming.
1:06:17. "No. 87 West End Tunnel 4." Probably in Echo Canyon; five men on a hand cart.
1:06:18. "No. 95 Weber Canon."
Folder 7 - C.W. Carter. 1860s-1870s
1:07:01. "Carter's celebrated indian Stereoscopic Views. Pahute Brave." Circa 1870s
1:07:02. "Gems of Little Cottonwood Canyon. No. 164. Emma Mine, Little Cottonwood Canyon." Circa 1870s
1:07:03. "C.W. Carter, Photographer, Salt Lake City Utah." View of two men in front of Lion and Beehive Houses and
Eagle Gate in Salt Lake City.
Circa 1870s
1:07:04. "Salt Lake City, Southwest from Arsenal Hill." View of Salt Lake City including tabernacle. Circa 1870
1:07:05. "Black Rock, Salt Lake." Circa 1870s
1:07:06. "No. 6. Devil's-Gate Bridge, Weber Canyon." Circa 1869
Folder 8 - Carleton Watkins. 1870s
1:08:01. "Panorama of Portland and the Willamette River, Oregon. No.6."
1:08:02. "1000-Mile Tree, Weber Canyon, Utah. 2757."
1:08:03. "427 Montgomery Street, S.F. Pulpit Rock, Echo City, U.P.R.R., Utah. 4709."
1:08:04. "The Devil's Slide, Weber Canon, Utah."
Folder 9 - Charles Bierstadt. 1870s
1:09:01. "1258 Ogden Canon, Utah."
(Same image as 1:15:06)
1:09:02. "Tabernacle, Salt Lake, Utah."
1:09:03. "1256 Old and New Tabernacle, Salt Lake, Utah."
1:09:04. "1261 View from Ogden Canon." (View of one man and two boys riding in wagon.)
Folder 10 - Jack Hillers. 1870s
1:10:01. "Views on Winslow Creek. This stream heads on the southern slope of the Aquarius Plateau, Utah Territory, flows
south and east along the slope of the Escalante Fold, and empties into the Escalante River. A Canon. No. 163."
1:10:02. "Views of the Colorado River. Grand Canon Series. This Canon is 217 1/2 miles in length and from 4,500
to 6,200 feet deep. The Chasm of the Colorado.
No. 227."
1:10:03. "Views on Water Pocket Creek. This stream heads at the foot of what is known as the Great Fold, in Utah
Territory, runs along its base, and empties into the Colorado River. No. 180." 1875
Folder 11 - E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. 1870s
1:11:01. "Views in Salt Lake City. No. 7708. St. Marks Episcopal Church."
1:11:02. "Views along the line of the Pacific Rail Road. No. 7123 Bridge over the Weber River. Ogden in the distance.
Utah Central Rail Road."
Folder 12 - Eadweard Muybridge. 1870s
1:12:01. "822. -Mouth of Echo Canyon, Pulpit Rock and Weber River, looking West."
Folder 13 - J.B. Silvis
1:13:01. "J.B. Silvis, Rocky Mountain Scenery. Views of the Pacific Rail Road. Near Sherman U.P.R.R. WY." Ca. 1870s
Folder 14 - E.O. Beaman (Published by C.W. Woodward). 1870s
1:14:01. "No. 1901. Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City
Foundation of Temple in foreground."
1:14:02. "Aztecs on the Moincoppee[sic]. Corn fields in distance."
1:14:03. "No. 1905. View of Me-Shong-An-Avah. Showing houses three and four stories high. This town is built
above the valley some 1200 feet. Its inhabitants number about 350."
1:14:04. "No. 1907. The Outer Walls of Moqui. Showing entrance to Kevah[sic] and ladders by which the people
ascend to their houses."
1:14:05. "No. 1933. Johnson's Ranch, Southern Utah. The future strong hold of the Saints."
1:14:06. "No. 1908. Distant View of Monqui. Showing sheep-pens in foreground under the cliff. In the distance
is the valley, in which they herd their sheep and raise a very inferior quality of corn."
Folder 15 - Miscellaneous, Photographer Unknown. 1860s-1890s
1:15:01. "Dead Man's Falls Cottonwood Canon Utah." Circa 1870s
1:15:02. "Eagle Gate, Salt Lake City." (Published by Underwood & Underwood). Circa 1880s
1:15:03. "Summit Hotel, Pacific Railroad." (Promontory, Utah?). Circa 1870
1:15:04. "Ogden City, Utah." Circa 1870
1:15:05. Salt Lake City Tabernacle under Construction. Probably taken by either C.W. Carter or C.R. Savage.
Circa 1865
1:15:06. "E.L. Clement, 1258 Ogden Canon, Utah." (Same image as 1:09:01) Circa 1870
1:15:07. "Idaho Troops, San Pedro Macati, Phillippine Islands." (Published by Underwood & Underwood, 1899.)
1:15:08. "Clipper Gap Tunnel, U.P.R.R." Probably in Echo or Weber Canyons (Same style as 1:15:04). Circa 1870s
1:15:09. "Alta City, Little Cottonwood Canyon." Circa 1870s.
1:15:10. "Shoshone Indians." Two women with children and babies. Circa 1870.
1:15:11. "Pulpit Rock, Echo Canyon, Utah." American Views, New Series. Circa 1870s.
1:15:12. "Walker Opera House, Salt Lake City, Utah." American Views. Circa 1870s.
1:15:13. "Salt Lake City, Utah." View of Salt Lake City including the Lion and Beehive Houses, American Scenery. Circa 1870.
Folder 16 - J.J. Reilly and J.P. Spooner. 1870s
1:16:01. "Kidd's Block, Stockton, California No. 391.-Salt Lake City, Utah."
Folder 17 - Alfred A. Hart. 1867-1868
1:17:01. "216. View at Shady Run. 73 miles from Sacramento."
Folder 18 - F. Jay Haynes, Yellowstone National Park. 1880s-1890s
1:18:01. "1011 Chinese Laundry - Mammoth Hot Springs."
1:18:02. "4542 - Economic Geyser in Action."
1:18:03. "4539 - Grater of the Grand Geyser."
Folder 19 - T.W. Ingersoll. 1880s
1:19:01. "Grand Canyon. Dismal View. 1018" (View of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone).
Folder 20 - William Bell, Wheeler Survey. 1872.
1:20:01. "The Grand Canon of the Colorado, near the foot of To-ro-weap Valley. A view of the south wall of the gorge,
as seen from the opposite side. (F.79.)"
1:20:02. "The Grand Canon of the Colorado, near the mouth of Kanab Creek. The river has here cut its channel about
3,500 feet below the general level of the country. (F.64.)"