| Unidentified photographer/creator The Late Major J.W. Powell 1902 (ca) Carte de visite Wisconsin Historical Society Increase Allen Lapham: Papers, 1825-1930, carte-de-visite collection, WHS Image id: WHi-47856 LL/32887 Portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known for the Powell Geographic Expedition in 1869, an exploration of the Green and Colorado rivers that marked the first passage through the Grand Canyon.
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