
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
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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]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ffc2134a3-852d-4ede-b7eb-1d8c7e051726%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
A Canon. [Winslow Creek]
Getty Museum · 1875
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Across the Canon.
Getty Museum · about 1874
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Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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Across the Canon. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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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.
Getty Museum · 1874
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Alcove Wall. [Brush Creek]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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Alcove Wall. [Pa-Roo-Nu-Weap. Rio Virgen.]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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A Moki Spinning
Getty Museum · 1879
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A Navajo
Getty Museum · 1879
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A Navajo Shaman
Getty Museum · 1879
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Getty Museum · 1874
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![A Puzzle. [Water Pocket Creek]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1b247cf5-2c04-4961-aa04-86c0df83bcdf%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
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
Getty Museum · September 1875
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Aspen Lake. [Aquarius Plateau]
Getty Museum · 1875
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Big Navajo
Getty Museum · 1879
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Big Trees, Mariposa, California
Getty Museum · 1892
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[Boulder, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · 1871
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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.
Getty Museum · 1870s
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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
Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881
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[Cascade, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · 1871
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Cascade, Winslow Creek
Getty Museum · 1871–1885
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Cataract in a Cleft. [Grand Canon, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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[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.
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...
Getty Museum · about 1874
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Crags of Mille-Crag Bend, Looking Across the River.
Getty Museum · 1871
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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.
Getty Museum · 1874
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Dance Rock at Walpi Pueblo, Arizona
Getty Museum · 1875–1876
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DeChelley Canyon Looking East
Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881
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Doe River Gorge, Tennessee
Getty Museum · 1894
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Eagle Crag - Evening
Getty Museum · 1873
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Eagle Crag, Rio Virgen, Utah
Getty Museum · 1873
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Echo Rock.
Getty Museum · 1871
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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.
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.
Getty Museum · 1874
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![Escalante Canon. [Escalante River]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fcdc6c2bc-b968-4cd7-8921-61a55eaeb44d%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Escalante Canon. [Escalante River]
Getty Museum · 1875
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Fantastic Rocks. [Vermillon Creek]
Getty Museum · about 1874
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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.
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.
Getty Museum · about 1874
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General View of Zuni
Getty Museum · 1879 or 1881
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[Gorge with tree, Colorado River]
Getty Museum · 1871
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Governor of San Felipe Showing Manner of Using Drill
Getty Museum · 1880
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Grand Canon of the Yellowstone
Getty Museum · 1892
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[Grand Canyon]
Getty Museum · about 1872
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[Grand Canyon]
Getty Museum · about 1872
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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...
Getty Museum · 1874
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