| Names: | Other: W.H. Jackson
Other: William H. Jackson
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| | Dates: | 1843, 4 April - 1942, 30 June | | Born: | US, NY, Keesville | | Died: | US, NY, New York | | Active: | US |
Jackson worked with the railway companies and survey groups moving out into the American West. His landscape photographs are some of the most important ever made and helped define the ‘West‘.
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Business locations
Denver, CO, US
Washington, DC, US
Omaha, NE, US
[6-0] *[William Henry Jackson] "Photographer"; "Landscape Photographer"; Omaha 66-~73; then Washington; Denver, 79-97. Major, wide-ranging
photog., ~5,000 generally fine views, said to
have made 54,000 negs. Several series: "The
Great West", "Views along line of Union Pacific
R.R." with A.C. Hull, 69; "Manitou and Pike's
Peak", 85; "Views of the Rocky Mountains" pub.
by E. & H.T. Anthony, 591 Broadway, NY; "Views
of New Mexico", 81; also made views in Mexico at
some point; views of E. coast of FL 80s90s; NY
Central R.R. & B&O R.R. lines 90/92; Columbian
Expo 92. Began career as colorist in Troy, NY
studios, later asst. to A.F. Styles of VT; 66
went west and opened studio with his brother
Edward in Omaha, sold ~73 and moved to
Washington, DC; 70-78 official photog. with
Hayden Surveys; 79 moved to Denver and opened
studio after his government service ended; 98
partner in Detroit Pub. Co., plant manager &
promoter until it failed in 24; B. 43, D. 42.
SEE Jackson & Driggs, "THE PIONEER
PHOTOGRAPHER", 1929.
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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William Henry Jackson, Henry Gannett Album
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| William Henry Jackson - Stereograph catalog
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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. |
• Auer, Michele & Michel 1985 Encyclopedie Internationale Des Photographes de 1839 a Nos Jours / Photographers Encylopaedia International 1839 to the present (Hermance, Editions Camera Obscura) 2 volumes [A classic reference work for biographical information on photographers.]
• Beaton, Cecil & Buckland, Gail 1975 The Magic Eye: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company) p.69 [Useful short biographies with personal asides and one or more example images.]
• Capa, Cornell (ed.) 1984 The International Center of Photography: Encyclopedia of Photography (New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. - A Pound Press Book) p.270-271
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on William Henry Jackson.]
• Weaver, Mike (ed.) 1989 The Art of Photography 1839-1989 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press) p.458-459 [This exhibition catalogue is for the travelling exhibition that went to Houston, Canberra and London in 1989.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.168 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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