Ancient Ruins in the Cañon of the Mancos, Colorado

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Ancient Ruins in the Cañon of the Mancos, Colorado

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William Henry Jackson

American Photographer · 1843–1942

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From age twelve until age ninety-nine, William Henry Jackson was involved on some level with photography. After a tour of duty in the Civil War, he headed West and eventually settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he opened a portrait photography studio with his brother Edward. As Jackson explained, however, "Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops,

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Date
1874
Medium
Albumen silver print
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American
Department
Photographs
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