Cañon of the Rio Las Animas
Artist
William Henry Jackson
(American, 1843 - 1942)
Dateca. 1880
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (42.86 × 53.98 cm)
Mount: 20 3/8 × 24 13/16 inches (51.75 × 63.02 cm)
Mount: 20 3/8 × 24 13/16 inches (51.75 × 63.02 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.44
Signednone
InscribedOn image recto, in negative: "1039 - CANON OF THE RIO LAS ANIMAS. / W.H. JACKSON & CO PHOTO. DENVER, COL.".
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of railroad tracks winding through a canyon with a stream along the right. Men stand near the shore and fish while women sit on rocks nearby.Published ReferencesBradley W. Richards, The Savage View: Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer (Nevada City, Calif.: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1995); MSS P 24, C.R. (Charles Roscoe) Savage Photograph Collection, Photo Archives, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
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