| Names: | Born: Andrew Joseph Russell
Other: Andrew J. Russell
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| | Dates: | 1830 - 1902 | | Born: | US, NH | | Died: | US, NY, New York City | | Active: | US |
Stereoscopic photographer, backlists on stereoviews. Active: New York, N.Y.
American photographer active during the Civil War and later worked in conjunction with the railroad companies.
Stereographs project
Business locations
Omaha, NE, US
New York City, NY, US
[6-8] *[Andrew Jackson Russell] Produced Civil War views as official photog. for the Union
army; afterwards made several fine & large
western series: "Union Pacific R.R.",
construction, workers, landscapes; "West from
Omaha", scy, activities; "Stereoscopic Views of
Rocky Mountain Scenery", workers, mountains,
mining; ceremonies of the C.P. & U.P R.R.
meeting; many B/Ls, many pub. by O.C. Smith,
Brooklyn, NY; views extensively pirated in 70s.
B. 30, D. 02.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association) |
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| Wikipedia has a biography of this photographer. | Show on this site | Go to website | | Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
Andrew J. Russell Collection
http://www.museumca.org ...
Oakland Museum of California.
| A.J. Russell - Stereograph catalog
http://www.cprr.org ...
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum (www.cprr.org)
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The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.226-227 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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