John K. Hillers

John K. Hillers

American Photographer · 1843–1925

287 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

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

A Bush for a Home. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

A Bush for a Home. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Getty Museum · about 1874

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A Canon. [Winslow Creek]

A Canon. [Winslow Creek]

Getty Museum · 1875

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Across the Canon.

Across the Canon.

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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A Fall. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

A Fall. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Ai-At-Tau-A, (beautiful man,) Chief of the Mo-a-pa-ri-ats. Mo-a-pa-ri-ats. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the Valley of the Mo-a-pa River...in Southern Nevada.

Ai-At-Tau-A, (beautiful man,) Chief of the Mo-a-pa-ri-ats. Mo-a-pa-ri-ats. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the Valley of the Mo-a-pa River...in Southern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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Alcove Wall. [Brush Creek]

Alcove Wall. [Brush Creek]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]

Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]

Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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A Moki Spinning

A Moki Spinning

Getty Museum · 1879

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A Navajo

A Navajo

Getty Museum · 1879

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A Navajo Shaman

A Navajo Shaman

Getty Museum · 1879

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An Obstruction. [Tantalus Creek]

An Obstruction. [Tantalus Creek]

Getty Museum · 1875

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An-ti-Naints and Wi-chuts. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

An-ti-Naints and Wi-chuts. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

An-ti-Naints, Pu-tu-siv, and Wi-chuts, Sitting. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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A Puzzle. [Water Pocket Creek]

A Puzzle. [Water Pocket Creek]

Getty Museum · 1875

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Arapaho Chief "Bear Robe" and his lady's camp Ind. Terr. Sep/75

Arapaho Chief "Bear Robe" and his lady's camp Ind. Terr. Sep/75

Getty Museum · September 1875

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Aspen Lake. [Aquarius Plateau]

Aspen Lake. [Aquarius Plateau]

Getty Museum · 1875

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Big Navajo

Big Navajo

Getty Museum · 1879

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Big Trees, Mariposa, California

Big Trees, Mariposa, California

Getty Museum · 1892

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[Boulder, Colorado River]

[Boulder, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · 1871

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Boulder Creek, Aquarius Plateau

Boulder Creek, Aquarius Plateau

Getty Museum · July 1875

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Breaking Up Camp. U-In-Ta Utes. Living in the U-in-ta Valley, on the Western Slope of the Wasatch Mountain in Utah.

Breaking Up Camp. U-In-Ta Utes. Living in the U-in-ta Valley, on the Western Slope of the Wasatch Mountain in Utah.

Getty Museum · 1870s

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Captains of the Canon, Canon de Chelley, Arizona

Captains of the Canon, Canon de Chelley, Arizona

Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881

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Captains of the Canon, Canon de Chelley, Arizona

Captains of the Canon, Canon de Chelley, Arizona

Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881

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[Cascade, Colorado River]

[Cascade, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · 1871

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Cascade, Winslow Creek

Cascade, Winslow Creek

Getty Museum · 1871–1885

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Cataract in a Cleft. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Cataract in a Cleft. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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[Cavern, Grand Canyon?]

[Cavern, Grand Canyon?]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Chu-ar-ru-um-peak and Family. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grandn Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Chu-ar-ru-um-peak and Family. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grandn Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Getty Museum · 1874

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Chu-ar-ru-um-peak Shooting a Rabbit. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of...Pai Utes, living on...Kai-bab Plateau,...Grand Canon...Colorado...

Chu-ar-ru-um-peak Shooting a Rabbit. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of...Pai Utes, living on...Kai-bab Plateau,...Grand Canon...Colorado...

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Crags of Mille-Crag Bend, Looking Across the River.

Crags of Mille-Crag Bend, Looking Across the River.

Getty Museum · 1871

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Creviced Wall. [Winslow Creek]

Creviced Wall. [Winslow Creek]

Getty Museum · 1875

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Cutting Fringe. Mo-A-Pa-Ri-Ats. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the Valley of the Mo-a-pa River...in Southern Nevada.

Cutting Fringe. Mo-A-Pa-Ri-Ats. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the Valley of the Mo-a-pa River...in Southern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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Dance Rock at Walpi Pueblo, Arizona

Dance Rock at Walpi Pueblo, Arizona

Getty Museum · 1875–1876

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DeChelley Canyon Looking East

DeChelley Canyon Looking East

Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881

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Doe River Gorge, Tennessee

Doe River Gorge, Tennessee

Getty Museum · 1894

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Eagle Crag - Evening

Eagle Crag - Evening

Getty Museum · 1873

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Eagle Crag, Rio Virgen, Utah

Eagle Crag, Rio Virgen, Utah

Getty Museum · 1873

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Echo Rock.

Echo Rock.

Getty Museum · 1871

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El Capitan from Trail, Yosemite

El Capitan from Trail, Yosemite

Getty Museum · 1892

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E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, or One of the Ancients. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, or One of the Ancients. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, or One of the Ancients. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, or One of the Ancients. Nu-A-Gun-Tits. A tribe of Indians living at the Ve-gas...in Southwestern Nevada.

Getty Museum · 1874

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Escalante Canon. [Escalante River]

Escalante Canon. [Escalante River]

Getty Museum · 1875

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Fantastic Rocks. [Vermillon Creek]

Fantastic Rocks. [Vermillon Creek]

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its.

Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its.

Getty Museum · 1871

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Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Getty Museum · about 1875

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Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Game of Wolf and Deer. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona.

Getty Museum · about 1874

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General View of Zuni

General View of Zuni

Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881

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[Gorge with tree, Colorado River]

[Gorge with tree, Colorado River]

Getty Museum · 1871

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Governor of San Felipe Showing Manner of Using Drill

Governor of San Felipe Showing Manner of Using Drill

Getty Museum · 1880

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Grand Canon of the Yellowstone

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone

Getty Museum · 1892

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[Grand Canyon]

[Grand Canyon]

Getty Museum · about 1872

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[Grand Canyon]

[Grand Canyon]

Getty Museum · about 1872

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Granite Buttresses.

Granite Buttresses.

Getty Museum · about 1874

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Group of Men in Full Dress. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon...Colorado...

Group of Men in Full Dress. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon...Colorado...

Getty Museum · 1874

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