Weber Valley, from Witches' Rocks

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Weber Valley, from Witches' Rocks

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American Photographer · 1830–1902

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Andrew Joseph Russell, a captain in the volunteer infantry, became a photographer during the American Civil War. As photographer-engineer for the United States Military Railroad Construction Corps, he was assigned to photograph battlefields and campsites in Virginia. He also photographed engineering projects and contributed images to what was probably the world's first technical manual illustrated

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Date: 1864–1869
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A valley landscape seen from an elevated distance. A rock formation resembling a narrow column is on the ledge of the hill in the foreground. The valley below is forested with cultivated fields divided by fences. There are additional hills in the distance.

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