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Head of Mountain Island, French Broad, North Carolina
Creator
John K. HillersAmerican Photographer · 1843–1925
All works by this person →John K. Hillers began making photographs while exploring the terrain around the Colorado River in 1871. Part of a survey team led by John Wesley Powell, a geologist and ethnologist, Hillers was originally hired as a boatman. He became increasingly interested in the work of the team's photographer, began acting as his assistant, and by 1872 had become the expedition photographer. From the 1870s unt
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- 1894
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- f52fc770-8b23-43f2-994c-71db6f0e70f7
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