William Henry Jackson
American Photographer · 1843–1942
183 works on LinkedCulture
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,
Works

Bad Lands on Black Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Bad Lands on Black Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
Getty Museum · about 1880

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
Getty Museum · about 1880

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1900

Battle of the Rhinocerus of the Urus
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Beaver
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Beaver
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Beaver Dam, or Henry's Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
![[Beaver Dams]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/d462a58a-42cb-42dc-a75c-5d82c7762e1f/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Beaver Dams]
Getty Museum · 1874–1875
![[Black Hills near Sherman]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/78784c82-c550-4ade-ba10-66df87462fae/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Black Hills near Sherman]
Getty Museum · 1869

Box Elder Canon. Looking up.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Bridge and Tunnel, Johnson's Cañon, A & P. R. R.
Getty Museum · about 1890

Bridge Over The Madison River.
Getty Museum · 1871

Bridge Over The Uncompagre Near Ouray
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Burro Crossing Stream - Steadfast.
Getty Museum · about 1875
![[Calle de Guadeloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6d94bc4d-ad0a-4288-a5cc-e6ca49b858d2/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Calle de Guadeloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico]
Getty Museum · about 1880

Cameron's Cone from "Tunnel 4," Colorado Midland Railway
Getty Museum · 1879

Camp in the Forest of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Camp in the Uinta Mountains.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Camp on the North Platte
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
Getty Museum · 1886

Cascades. Middle Creek.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
![[Castellated Rocks near Monument]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/3c3c285f-77f0-4d90-b3ca-d48fed538f18/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Castellated Rocks near Monument]
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Castellated Walls of Gallatin Cañon
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Chalk Creek Cañon
Getty Museum · 1880

Cheyenne Falls
Getty Museum · about 1900

Clarendon Hotel, Leadville.
Getty Museum · about 1880

Clear Creek Canon. Rocky Point.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Column Rocks.
Getty Museum · 1871

Comb on the West Gallatin.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Crater Geyser, Fire Hole Basin.
Getty Museum · 1871

Crater of "Bee Hive" Geyser.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Crater of Castle Geyser, Fire Hole Basin.
Getty Museum · 1871

Crater of Old Faithful.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Crystal Falls, Cascade Creek
Getty Museum · 1878

Crystal Falls, Cascade Creek, 84 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Cumbres Mountain, Pinos-Chama Divide
Getty Museum · about 1880

Dale Creek Bridge, Union Pacific Railway
Getty Museum · 1885

Devil's Gate on the Sweet-water.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Devil's Gate - Weber Canon.
Getty Museum · 1869
![[Distant view of the Castle in Eruption]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/235cf23c-568b-4ca8-9e16-659749059f91/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Distant view of the Castle in Eruption]
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Embudo, New Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1882

Embudo, New Mexico
Getty Museum · 1881–1896

Eroded Sand Stones. Monument Park.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Extinct Geyser East Fork of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Extinct Geyser, East Fork of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Garden of the Gods, Balanced Rock.
Getty Museum · about 1879

Gateway Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak
Getty Museum · 1879

Gateway Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak
Getty Museum · about 1880
![[Georgetown, Colorado from Democratic Mountain]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c90c3f18-1ac7-43a9-a44b-0d49f6bc785c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Georgetown, Colorado from Democratic Mountain]
Getty Museum · 1873

Giant's Tea Pot.
Getty Museum · 1869

Grand Canon of the Arkansas.
Getty Museum · about 1879

Grand Canon of the Arkansas.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Grand Canon of the Arkansas. Iron Bridge.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Grand Canyon of the Colorado River
Getty Museum · 1883

Grand Tetons of Snake River
Getty Museum · 1871

Great Salt Lake City
Getty Museum · 1869

Green River. Brown's Hole.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Guanajuanto, Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1890

Hot Spring Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Hot Spring Basin, Upper Fire Hole.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Hot Spring Basin, Upper Fire Hole.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Cap of Liberty.
Getty Museum · 1871

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Lower Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Lower Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Upper Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871

Hot Springs, on Gardiner's River, Upper Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871

Hunting the Hairy Mammoth
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Hydraulic Gold Mining, Virginia City.
Getty Museum · 1874–1875

Hydraulic Gold Mining, Virginia City.
Getty Museum · 1874–1875

Independence Rock. From East.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Iron Springs Hotel, Manitou
Getty Museum · about 1880

Lake Miriam, Leven Lakes, and Spanish Peaks
Getty Museum · about 1890

La Platte Canon.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Leadville, from Carbonate Hill.
Getty Museum · about 1880
![[Littleton, White Mountains, New Hampshire]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/dc3c1463-912f-4a40-a3ff-10dcb889c0ab/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Littleton, White Mountains, New Hampshire]
Getty Museum · 1900

Long's Peak from Estes Park
Getty Museum · 1873

Lower Canons of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, 350 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, 350 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Main Street, Leadville.
Getty Museum · about 1880
![[Mammoth Hot Springs]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6e0e2f18-9f4d-47de-8d09-a62ccc756b51/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Mammoth Hot Springs]
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Mammoth Hot Springs of Gardiner's River. Lower Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Mammoth Hot Springs of Gardiner's River. Upper Basins.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Manitou, Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1880

Man of the Reindeer Period
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Market in Aguascalientes, Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1880

Marshall Pass, Colorado
Getty Museum · 1899

Marshall Pass, Westside
Getty Museum · 1880–1881

Mexico. Making Torillas.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
![[Mountain Pass with Railroad Tracks]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2804a981-0670-4d5c-b729-5bb327926c23/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Mountain Pass with Railroad Tracks]
Getty Museum · about 1880

Mount Hayden.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Mount of the Holy Cross
Getty Museum · 1873

Mount Shasta from Sissions
Getty Museum · about 1890

Mystic Lake. Near Fort Ellis.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Mystic Lake. Near Fort Ellis.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Mystic Lake. Near Fort Ellis.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Mystic Lake, near Fort Ellis, Montana.
Getty Museum · 1871

Mystic Lake, near Fort Ellis, Montana.
Getty Museum · 1871

Navajo Church Near Fort Wingate, New Mexico
Getty Museum · 1880s

Neanderthal Man
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Needle Rocks near Wahsatch
Getty Museum · 1869

North from High Rock, Pen-Mar
Getty Museum · about 1880

North Platte River, at Fort Fred Steel.
Getty Museum · 1869

Ogden Canon, U.T.
Getty Museum · 1874–1875

Ogden, Utah
Getty Museum · about 1880

Old Aqueduct at Querétaro, Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1886

Old Faithful
Getty Museum · 1870

Old Faithful in Eruption.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Ornamental Crater.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

Palace Butte. Middle Fork of the Gallatin.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Petrified Fish Cut, Green River.
Getty Museum · 1869

Photographs of the Yellowstone National Park and Views of Montana and Wyoming Territories.
Getty Museum · negatives 1871; printed 1873

Platte Canon, above Dean's.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Pot Holes in Basaltic Rock, Snake River.
Getty Museum · 1871

Pueblo de Taos, Northern New Mexico, Denver and Rio Grande Railway
Getty Museum · 1880
![[Puente Infernillo]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2603637d-390e-4d8d-9dca-954c031c3b70/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Puente Infernillo]
Getty Museum · about 1880

Quarrying Granite for Mormon Temple.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Rapids above the Falls of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Rapids above the Falls of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Rapids above the Falls of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

Reed's Rock, near Sherman.
Getty Museum · 1869
![[Rocks on Crow Creek]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/0877e8e9-a90f-43f4-ba75-513212fa1355/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Rocks on Crow Creek]
Getty Museum · 1869

San Gabriel Mission
Getty Museum · about 1890

Santa Fe. Church of San Miguel.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Santa Fe. The Plaza.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Santa Fe. The Wood Carrier.
Getty Museum · 1880–1890

Sante Fe, From the Loma.
Getty Museum · about 1879

Scenes about Crow Creek, 6 Miles N. of Sherman.
Getty Museum · 1869

Scenes in Monument Park.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Scenes on Crow Creek, 6 Miles North of Sherman.
Getty Museum · 1869

Shadow Lake on the Yellowstone divide.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Shoshone Falls, Idaho
Getty Museum · about 1883

Shoshonne Indians
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

Sierra Blanca
Getty Museum · about 1890

Sluicing.
Getty Museum · 1874–1875

South Cheyenne Cañon
Getty Museum · 1901

State Street, Leadville.
Getty Museum · about 1880
![[Sultan Mountain, Baker's Peak, Silverton, Colorado]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/fb3281dc-ec1f-475f-970a-fec910d8ceea/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Sultan Mountain, Baker's Peak, Silverton, Colorado]
Getty Museum · about 1878

Suspended Boulder on Lake Creek.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Taos, Group of Children.
Getty Museum · about 1870

Taylor's Bridge, Snake River.
Getty Museum · 1871

Teton Range, East.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Teton Range, Southeast.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

The Castle in Eruption - Distant.
Getty Museum · 1871–1872

The Cathedral of Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1890

The Devils Slide, Cinnabar Mountain.
Getty Museum · 1871

The Elk, Cervus, Canadensis.
Getty Museum · 1871

"The Loop" near Georgetown, Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1885

The lower or 2d Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

The lower or 2d Canon of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871

The Odometer.
Getty Museum · 1871

The Portals, Canyon of the Grand River, Glenwood Extension D. & R.G.R.R.
Getty Museum · 1874

The Royal Gorge, Grand Cañon of the Arkansas
Getty Museum · about 1880

The Teton Range. South.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875

The Trail Over the Rocks, Gallatin Cañon
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873

Toltec Gorge from The Portal
Getty Museum · about 1880
![[Tower Falls]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/156b0e62-9b17-422e-8d41-c5f54ed05168/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Tower Falls]
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Tower Falls, 156 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871
![[Tunnel, Colorado]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/5b2c6563-ac57-4c2a-9d54-28627601acf1/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Tunnel, Colorado]
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
![[Unidentfied canyon with railroad tracks, cabins in distance]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/71aeea2a-a557-4b98-94fc-795637639022/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Unidentfied canyon with railroad tracks, cabins in distance]
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
![[Unidentified Western Landscape with Lake and Large Rock Off Shore]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1e797964-da30-45b3-b060-46d9ff9f2c2a/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Unidentified Western Landscape with Lake and Large Rock Off Shore]
Getty Museum · about 1880

Union Deport, Denver.
Getty Museum · about 1880

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, 115 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, 115 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, 115 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, 115 Feet.
Getty Museum · 1871

Ute Falls.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874

Ute Pass
Getty Museum · about 1890

View in the Middle Canon of the West Gallatin.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
![[View of Denver, Colorado]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6c3599d7-235e-4c84-a1db-908aba7d7fee/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[View of Denver, Colorado]
Getty Museum · about 1880

Wild Cat Canon, Montana.
Getty Museum · 1871

Yellowstone Lake, Mary's Bay.
Getty Museum · 1871