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LL/36211
John Muir Wood
Staffa near Fingal's Cave
1850 (ca)
Medium salt paper print from a calotype negative
17.10 x 19.30 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland, Presented by the Muir Wood family 1985, Accession no. PGP W 70
 
LL/36211 [Further details available]

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LL/7600
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Tufa Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nevada
1867
Albumen print
20 x 27 cm (7 7/8 x 10 5/8 in)
 
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
 
LL/7600

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LL/7509
Unidentified photographer
Study of Rocks
1845 (ca)
Daguerreotype
19 7/8 x 25 1/6 in
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Trust (84.XT.183)
 
LL/7509

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LL/40621
Southworth & Hawes
Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype
21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1937, Accession Number: 37.14.7
 
LL/40621

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LL/40665
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Water rhyolites, near Logan Springs, Nevada
1871
Albumen print
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10022
 
LL/40665 [Further details available]

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LL/39515
John Carbutt
Fig. 6 ["a great valley of Syenites"]
1869, 19 February (published)
Book illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/39515

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LL/24719
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
6. View of the Grand Canon walls, near mouth of Diamond River. From waterline to first shelf 1,500 feet; from shelf to top of table 3,500 feet. Distance from point of view to top of walls 3 miles.
[Wheeler Survey, Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian]
1871-1874 (survey), 1871 (expedition)
Stereocard, detail
 
Etherton Gallery
 
LL/24719

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LL/24737
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
15. the "Vermillion Cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona. From its top, a plateau stretches to the right, and from its base another to the left. Their difference of level is 1,500 feet, and the step is too steep for scaling.
[Wheeler Survey, Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian]
1871-1874 (survey), 1872 (expedition)
Stereocard, detail
 
Etherton Gallery
 
LL/24737

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LL/38562
Eadweard Muybridge
Fissure in Eagle Rock. 1100 ft. deep. [Yosemite Valley, California.] 112
1868
Stereocard, detail
 
Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
Zelda Mackay Collection of Stereographic Views
 
LL/38562

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LL/39517
Unidentified photographer
Coal-Beds of Rio Candiota, Rio Grande Do Sul
1870 (published)
Book illustration
 
Google Books
 
LL/39517

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LL/41568
Ledru Mauro
Etna - Eruzione 1892 - Nuovi monti. 19. Agusto [Italy]
1892, 19 August (or later)
Albumen print
7 1/2 x 10 ins
 
Northern Light Gallery
 
LL/41568

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LL/40660
William Jerome Harrison
Pouk Hill nr. Walsall, Basalt
n.d.
Photographic print
 
Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham
 
LL/40660

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LL/41413
Joseph Burr Tyrell (1858-1957)
Grand Rapids Sandstone, underlain by Clearwater shale [on the Athabasca River]
[1893 expedition to the barren lands [Geological Survey]]
1893, 8 June
Black and white print
10 x 12 cm
 
University of Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
Digital ID: P10172
 
LL/41413 [Further details available]

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LL/51549
Carleton E. Watkins
[The Dalles, Extremes of High & Low Water, 92 ft.] / [Head of the Dalles, Columbia River, Oregon]
1883 (ca)
Albumen silver print
36.8 x 53.3 cm (14 1/2 x 21 ins)
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Object Number: 92.XM.96.1
 
LL/51549

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LL/25983
Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Anstey's Cove, Torquay
1861
Albumen silver print
11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in (28.9 x 38.6 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lawrence and Sybil Hite
 
LL/25983 [Further details available]

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LL/58695
Charles Spencer
Pink and White Terraces
1880
Albumen print, printing-out paper
16.5 x 20.2 cm
 

Purchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds, Registration number: O.020751
 
LL/58695

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LL/48389
Albert Renger-Patzsch
Basalt in der Eifel
1961-1962
Gelatin silver print
37.9 x 28.3 cm
 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Van Ham - Photography (June 20, 2012) Lot: 168
 
LL/48389

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LL/53103
Prof. I. McGee
Boulder line Columbian deposits near Darley's hodge, carpenter station, B and O (Delaware)
1889-1890
Albumen print
 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Peabody Number: 2004.29.691.10
 
LL/53103 [Further details available]

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LL/114222
Francis Frith
Curious formations in the Spiti River-bed
1850s-1870s (taken)
Albumen print
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Acquired from F. Frith and Company, 1954, Accession number: E.208:3319-1994
 
LL/114222 [Further details available]

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LL/114223
Samuel Bourne
Curious formations on the Spiti river at Kioto, Spiti
1866
Albumen print
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession number: 53089
 
LL/114223 [Further details available]

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LL/108575
Detlor & Waddell
Rock City, 10 Views
1880-1890
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s08285 (digital file from original, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s08285 (digital file from original, back)
 
LL/108575

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LL/108786
Heywood
Cape Ann scenery: coast scene at Pigeon Cove
[Cape Ann scenery]
1860-1890
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s13224 (digital file from original, front) LC-DIG-stereo-2s13224 (digital file from original, back)
 
LL/108786 [Further details available]

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LL/109876
N.W. Pease
Washington boulder, Conway, N.H.
[American Scenery]
1860-1930
Stereoview
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s13756 (digital file from original)
 
LL/109876

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LL/112039
C.R. Savage
Twin Rocks, Green River
[Union Pacific R.R.]
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
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LL/40203
J.C. Burrow
Museum, Camborne Mining School
1893
Photographic print
9.6 x 14.4 cm
 
British Library
Shelfmark: 7105.e.21, Item number: 32
 
LL/40203

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LL/114882
W. Palmer
Steeple Rock in Kynance Cove nabij Cornwall, Engeland / The steeple Rock (Serpentine), Kynance Cove, Cornwall (title on object)
1860, August
Stereoview
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-F14313
 
LL/114882 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Landscapes
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Places
Canada - Joseph Burr Tyrrell: Expedition to the barren lands (1893)
Cliffs - Landscape: Cliffs
Colorado - Timothy O'Sullivan: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871-1874)
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes with painted glass passe-partouts
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
Deserts and dunes - Landscape: Deserts and dunes
Expeditions and exploration - Joseph Burr Tyrrell: Expedition to the barren lands (1893)
Expeditions and exploration - Timothy O'Sullivan: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871-1874)
Geology - Charles Spencer: New Zealand: Volcanic landscapes (1886)
Geology - Introduction to geology and mineralogy
Geology - Joseph Burr Tyrrell: Expedition to the barren lands (1893)
Geology - Rock formations
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days - Timothy O'Sullivan: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871-1874)
Landscape - Albumen prints: Landscapes
Landscape - Figures within the landscape
Landscapes of North America - Timothy O'Sullivan: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871-1874)
Massachusetts - Introduction to photography in Massachusetts
New York - Niagara Falls
New Zealand - Charles Spencer: New Zealand: Volcanic landscapes (1886)
Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls
Photograph frames and easels - Daguerreotypes with painted glass passe-partouts
Scientific - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
USA - Timothy O'Sullivan: Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (1871-1874)
Water and waterfalls - Niagara Falls
Water and waterfalls - Waterfalls
Yosemite - Eadweard Muybridge: Yosemite

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