Measuring America: How the United States was Greatest Land Sale in History (front cover and spine)
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Measuring America: How the United States was Greatest Land Sale in History (front cover and spine)
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Two members (William Henry Holmes, George B. Chittenden) of the 1874 geological and geographical survey led by Ferdinand V. Hayden conduct topographical survey work at the edge of a canyon in Colorado, 1874 (detail)
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U.S. Geological Survey
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This cover photo is a colorized detail from an original black & white stereograph, made by William Henry Jackson while he was photographing in the western territories for the newly formed United States Geological Survey.
To view the original stereograph from the USGS, click here.
To view the original stereograph from the USGS, click here.
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“Measuring America: How the United States was Greatest Land Sale in History (front cover and spine),” Covering Photography, accessed November 21, 2024, https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/show/7132.
