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Grand Cañon of the Arkansas. Colorado
Creator
William Henry JacksonAmerican Photographer · 1843–1942
All works by this person →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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- about 1873–1884
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 62c52ab0-734e-4312-8bb3-e6c8edfcd1d5
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The Arkansas River traveling through a narrow canyon. The surrounding cliff walls are steep and rocky.
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