American West in rare pictures, 1860s-1870s
Photo taken in 1871, from expedition camp 8, looking upstream. In the 1860s and 1870s, photographer Timothy O'Sullivan created some of the best-known images in American History. After covering the U.S. Civil War, O'Sullivan was the official photographer on the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel under …
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