
William Henry Jackson
American Photographer · 1843–1942
381 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
View as IIIF ↗
Alpine Pass. Near Mary Murphy Mine. Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#83108e37-4b5a-450e-a4f3-c7ee4d75ede7

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon of the Mancos
Getty Museum · 1874
#cbaccbd8-39d1-4aa0-85e7-73f8ec990d1f

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon of the Mancos
Getty Museum · 1874
#445e0978-28bb-4e04-a420-ed2bb622e302

Ancient Ruins in the Cañon of the Mancos, Colorado
Getty Museum · 1874
#30cbddb4-512c-470e-ad22-cbd49780faf4
![[A Pawnee Village]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fbf5d42f6-0ace-4e7d-bb6a-14795994c38d%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[A Pawnee Village]
Getty Museum · about 1871
#127bdc2b-aa4c-4a45-8017-7349f6dad75e

Arched Falls, Base of Mount Blackmore
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#848e902c-eece-48a9-9606-83b6e5dcf271

A Successful Hunter
Getty Museum · 1872
#23e50801-68e6-44db-af3c-0d8f50eebe1d

Bad Lands on Black Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#db8c56c4-514f-465b-b36f-f454663c86bc

Bad Lands on Black Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#d0bb0f59-b1b2-49c9-bfe2-7d45e223cf6a

Balanced Rock
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#d09e76c6-0fb0-4849-a4df-4da64923a052

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
Getty Museum · about 1880
#edcaf840-e037-415f-aa3f-c67a93840a84

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods
Getty Museum · about 1880
#86c22ff6-4899-4112-8f29-f613ca871d10

Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1900
#93111f11-1780-4d8c-8fde-fe5854c79787

Battle of the Rhinocerus of the Urus
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#821af129-ce96-4c30-a5fa-c6cc1323eabe

Beaver
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#9d243811-5475-4a1b-8822-3b803032a5d9

Beaver
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#b30010b5-ad26-42dc-bb93-6d604fd26b13

Beaver Dam, or Henry's Fork.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#3f7de563-26d2-40ec-a146-57515ea5c48b
![[Beaver Dams]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fd462a58a-42cb-42dc-a75c-5d82c7762e1f%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Beaver Dams]
Getty Museum · 1874–1875
#a2735298-0288-44b3-99e5-1f33121d38cd

Big Tree Station, Santa Cruz
Getty Museum · about 1871
#9dd6b7bc-e176-44d4-b422-5df0a3fd16aa
![[Black Hills near Sherman]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F78784c82-c550-4ade-ba10-66df87462fae%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Black Hills near Sherman]
Getty Museum · 1869
#482e3a96-3837-40e5-8a42-d18abfc667a4

Boiling Surphur Springs
Getty Museum · about 1871
#9de49af2-98e7-4875-828a-1f705ca5d3f1

Box Elder Canon. Looking up.
Getty Museum · 1873–1874
#6a4cd064-9c9e-4f0f-9d0e-74a93569b143

Bridal Veil, Yosemite
Getty Museum · about 1871
#b3a1b6c7-201f-41a2-983a-15160dee9c30

Bridge and Tunnel, Johnson's Cañon, A & P. R. R.
Getty Museum · about 1890
#1cf03c86-ea0a-49f4-b782-1d6c91161c58

Bridge Over The Madison River.
Getty Museum · 1871
#667d1e8f-7a8a-4fd3-b8c5-dd71e2ebe57a

Bridge Over The Uncompagre Near Ouray
Getty Museum · 1880–1890
#76afd2c3-70aa-45c5-8ed4-354b4edea6f7

Burro Crossing Stream - Steadfast.
Getty Museum · about 1875
#18669b74-4ac0-41df-8d10-00f7c20f11a7

Cactus Fence. New Mexico
Getty Museum · about 1870–1884
#7791837a-284d-4887-b5dc-369295cab53e
![[Calle de Guadeloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F6d94bc4d-ad0a-4288-a5cc-e6ca49b858d2%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Calle de Guadeloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico]
Getty Museum · about 1880
#5e43dbeb-440a-4f89-8280-0008b16994de

Cameron's Cone from "Tunnel 4," Colorado Midland Railway
Getty Museum · 1879
#b0e9ccfb-0e59-42a7-9bd0-e166320b9463

Camp at the Mouth of Téton Cañon
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#6be11305-1561-46b3-b7c3-426fd5336183

Camp in the Forest of the Yellowstone.
Getty Museum · 1871
#e59108a3-9433-4df3-9a10-6aa8f54af1f2

Camp in the Uinta Mountains.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#6397a01e-1bff-4c1f-99a3-9619e6706e80

Camp of the Snake River Division at Fort Hall, Idaho
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#6724aefd-b82f-4e58-a520-0b03ba8b5f2f

Camp of the U.S. Geological Survey at Ogden, Utah
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#b599f7ee-be52-408a-ac51-0f9d8e17f8c3

Camp on Mystic Lake
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#88bed015-68cf-42b9-aaef-0ba299a10a8e

Camp on Mystic Lake
Getty Museum · about 1871
#390fe6ca-eb94-466e-a81d-7f41151ff25a
![[Camp on the Crossing of the Sarami River, View Cut Off from Fetterman to Cheyenne]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F1021e4ad-37e9-4cf5-bb1b-7d713e51a726%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Camp on the Crossing of the Sarami River, View Cut Off from Fetterman to Cheyenne]
Getty Museum · 1870
#473415b6-6f38-430d-b7ee-5045f06e4415

Camp on the North Platte
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#403f6e26-684d-4cb4-8aa1-838bed304e32

Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
Getty Museum · 1886
#ef2049e5-50b3-4f29-8ca4-e1ba8d64d647

Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
Getty Museum · 1882–1883
#196b0ae7-c9f9-4a00-9820-5c200f2bd87c

Cap of Liberty, Mammoth Hot Springs
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#f8368a24-9258-4ab0-8487-60e06de9a9f6

Casa Del Eco. Rio San Juan.
Getty Museum · 1874
#b31f62c5-d497-4470-a264-0befe3cf33bf

Cascade from Mount Blackmore
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#35abe90d-fcec-4548-b704-113fa1a4d139

Cascade from Mount Blackmore
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#8bd3b8b0-1789-402b-a2a3-ab2da751cd24

Cascades. Middle Creek.
Getty Museum · 1870–1875
#2b612385-cc59-4809-8c7f-c3992d411465
![[Castellated Rocks near Monument]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F3c3c285f-77f0-4d90-b3ca-d48fed538f18%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Castellated Rocks near Monument]
Getty Museum · 1873–1874
#34f5b755-02d3-43fa-92ee-dc2fef3ed77e

Castellated Walls of Gallatin Cañon
Getty Museum · negative 1871; print 1873
#4bbec22d-1da9-4249-99e9-4990dbbeb9b0

"Castle Gate." Utah
Getty Museum · about 1870–1884
#7631b9c1-e210-4c09-ab6d-f4436558df9d
![[Castle Rock]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fc7e6db9b-ff6b-421c-a4ed-bef5615e3bc7%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Castle Rock]
Getty Museum · 1869
#7824392a-ccbb-4a62-85e6-326de83244b4

Castle Rock - Echo Canon.
Getty Museum · 1869
#803906b0-1139-4688-9b51-f9bb087b624a

Cathedral Spires, Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#a39ab53f-f8d2-49a1-b6ef-a3420754ae04

Chalk Creek Cañon
Getty Museum · 1880
#da7d6370-a6c0-47b2-a828-c809bb563651

Chalk Creek Cañon. Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#09bbe0d3-f744-4f0d-9f02-c165359eb62f
![[Charge on the Hauk - (Brulé Dakota)]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fdc1ded08-ee89-4cc7-aa5c-1935f495e124%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Charge on the Hauk - (Brulé Dakota)]
Getty Museum · 1870–1879
#b443e4a2-96d3-455c-b32f-3026b5533c36

Cheyenne Falls
Getty Museum · about 1900
#2851d04c-30c9-435b-9733-67f5ffbf111a

Cheyenne Falls
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#95d72f1d-66b8-4d01-88da-b2516a84b5c3

Cheyenne Falls. Colorado
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#0844eda2-3a92-458b-9294-572a032ef141

Chipeta Falls. Black Cañon
Getty Museum · about 1873–1884
#cf858d6a-5958-4df4-aee2-c8412bc8d5b4

Clarendon Hotel, Leadville.
Getty Museum · about 1880
#751bd296-c5e3-458e-882c-fa7a5300c868