visualizing land in the post-civil war west. among the sierra nevada, california by albert...
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Visualizing Land in the Post-Civil War West
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Among the Sierra Nevada, California by Albert Bierstadt, 1868 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Landscape as an artistic subject
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Cliffs of the Upper Colorado, Wyoming Territory
by Thomas Moran, 1882 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Landscape in the service of exploration
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
by Thomas Moran, 1872 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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View in Zuni, Looking Northeastby Jack Hillers, c. 1880 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Landscape and the railroads
Temporary and Permanent Bridges and Citadel Rock
by Andrew Russell, 1868 (Yale University)
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Celebrating the Completion of the
Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah
by Andrew Russell, 1869 (Yale University)
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Donner Lake from the Summit
by Albert Bierstadt, 1873 (New-York Historical Society)
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Landscape and science
Valley of the Chugwater, Wyoming Territory
by Sanford Gifford, 1870 (Amon Carter Museum)
Castellated Rocks on the Chugwater by William Henry Jackson, 1870
(George Eastman House)
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Historic Spanish Record of the Conquest, South Side of Inscription, New Mexico
by Timothy O’Sullivan, 1873 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Black Canyon of the Colorado River, Looking Above from Camp 8
by Timothy O’Sullivan, 1871 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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Landscape in the service of industry
Union Diggings, Columbia Hill, Nevada County
by Carleton Watkins, c.1871 (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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George Hoag’s Record Wheat Harvest
by Andrew Hill, 1876 (Private Collection)
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Landscape in the promotion of tourism
Looking Down Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point
by William Hahn, 1874 (California Historical Society)
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Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail
by Carleton Watkins, c. 1865 (Huntington Library)
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Big Tree – Mariposa Station
by Thomas Hill, c. 1886 (Private Collection)
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Bicyclist Group on Minerva Terrace, Yellowstone
by Frank Jay Haynes, 1896 (Montana Historical Society)