Dates

• Existence: 1843 - 1942

Biography

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was a landscape photographer of the American West.

William Henry Jackson was born April 4, 1843, in Keeseville, New York. He was a man of great energy and love for the outdoors and especially the breadth and heights of the mountain West. His life spanned the first century of the new visual art of photography and the great era of westward expansion. He began his photography career in 1858 in New York as a photographic retouching artist in the burgeoning photography industry and ended it in New York City with his death in 1942. In between these years he became increasingly proficient in his chosen field through his studio and field work in Omaha, Nebraska, his nine year odyssey as the official photographer with Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden’s United States Geological Survey of the Territories, his 15 years in Denver, Colorado, 17 months of Asian and Pacific travel with the World Transportation Commission, his 27 years in Detroit associated with the Detroit Photographic Company and its successor the Detroit Publishing Company, and finally his highly productive "so-called" retirement years from 1924 to 1942. He died on June 30, 1942, in New York, New York at the age of 99.

Citation:

U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Catalogue of the photographs ... 1875.

An eye for history, the paintings of William Henry Jackson, from the collection at the Oregon Trail Museum, 1999?: t.p. (William Henry Jackson) p. viii (Union soldier, explorer, photographer, and artist for the Hayden Surveys of the Territories in the 1870s; autobiography, Time exposure) p. 2 (age 92 in 1935) p. 84 (d. in 1942)

William Henry Jackson, frontier photographer and artist, from National Park Service web site, 8/20/1999 (William Henry Jackson - 1843-1942; b. Apr. 4, 1843 in Keeseville, New York; d. June 30, 1942 in New York, ,New York)

Brigham Young University William Henry Jackson Digital Collection, via WWW, Mar. 12, 2015 (b. Apr. 4, 1843 in Keeseville, N.Y.; was a man of great energy and love for the outdoors and especially the breadth and heights of the mountain west; his life spanned the first century of the new visual art of photography and the great era of westward expansion; began his photography career in 1858 in New York as a photographic retouching artist in the burgeoning photography industry and ended it in New York City with his death in 1942; In between these years he became increasingly proficient in his chosen field through his studio and field work in Omaha, Neb., his nine year odyssey as the official photographer with Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's United States Geological Survey of the Territories, his 15 years in Denver, Colo., 17 months of Asian and Pacific travel with the World Transportation Commission, his 27 years in Detroit associated with the Detroit Photographic Company and its successor the Detroit Publishing Company, and finally his highly productive "so-called" retirement years from 1924-1942; died on June 30, 1942 in New York, New York at the age of 99)

Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:

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John F. Bennett photograph album of Church history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225540480]

Identifier: MSS P 801

Scope and Contents This collection contains one small black photo album. The album was made by John F. Bennett for Mr. and Mrs. George Albert Smith in the 1930s. It is similar to other albums put together by Bennett but is uniquely arranged with the Smiths in mind. Bennett used images created by several notable pioneer photographers such as William H. Jackson, C. R. Savage, George E. Anderson, C. W. Carter etc. The photographs selected should be considered some of the most notable images depicting the pioneer...

Dates: 1847-1930

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bighorn in the Tetons, Wyoming

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b1_f8_90a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bighorn in the Tetons, Wyoming, 1863-1878

 Item — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621884], Folder: 8

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 90

Scope and Contents note

Photographic print of drawing depicting scenes of the U. S. G. S. Gelatin print of drawing. Photograph of Jackson in tent, sketching a big horn mountain goat, as described in The Pioneer Photographer, page 128.

Dates: Other: 1863-1878

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Bryant Dolare Casper Portrait of William Henry Jackson, 1925 August 23

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 5

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 892

Dates: Other: 1925 August 23

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Bryant Dolare Casper Portrait of William Henry Jackson, 1925

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 5

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 893

Dates: Other: 1925

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Bryant Dolare Casper Portrait of William Henry Jackson

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f5_892a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Bryant Dolare Casper Portrait of William Henry Jackson

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f5_893a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John H. Campe and William Henry Jackson photographs of Utah and Colorado

 Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS P 265

Scope and Contents

Collection includes 11 photographs of Utah and Colorado landscapes and towns. All are photographs mounted on card and most are albumen prints. The photographers of these are either John H. Campe or William Henry Jackson, with the creator of each photograph clearly noted on the card. Dated approximately 1870-1940.

Dates: approximately 1870-1940

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Commemorative plaque in memory of William Henry Jackson, approximately 1942-1947

 Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 4

Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 883

Dates: Other: approximately 1942-1947

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

Commemorative plaque in memory of William Henry Jackson

 Digital Record

Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f4_883a

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Additional filters:

Type

Archival Object 27

Digital Record 25

Collection 12

 

Subject

Photographs 48

Gelatin silver prints 36

Albumen prints 7

Drawings 6

Images 4

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Material Types 4

Art -- West (U.S.) 3

Artists -- United States 3

Correspondence 3

Indians of North America -- Photographs 3

Indians of North America -- Pictorial works 3

Oil paintings 3

Overland journeys to the Pacific 3

Photographers -- United States 3

Photographic prints 3

Publications 3

Social Life and Customs 3

Alpine Pass (Colo.) -- Photographs 2

Artists' preparatory studies -- Pictorial works 2

Automobiles -- Photographs 2

Berthoud Pass (Colo.) -- Photographs 2

Christmas cards -- Photographs 2

Deserts -- California -- Pictorial works 2

Explorers Club -- Photographs 2

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Glacier Gulch (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Grand Teton National Park (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Greeting cards -- Photographs 2

Hayden Expedition (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Hayden Geological Survey (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Mojave Desert (Calif.) -- Pictorial works 2

Mountain goat -- Pictorial works 2

Photograph albums 2

Photographers -- United States -- Photographs 2

Plaques, plaquettes -- Photographs 2

Pony express -- Anniversaries, etc. -- Photographs 2

Red Buttes (Natrona County, Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Rocky Mountains -- Pictorial works 2

Salt Lake City (Utah) -- Photographs 2

Signs and signboards -- Pictorial works 2

Skis and skiing -- Colorado -- Photographs 2

Teton National Forest (Wyo.) -- Photographs 2

Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho) -- Pictorial works 2

Texas longhorn cattle -- Pictorial works 2

Valleys -- Wyoming -- Photographs 2

Watercolors (Paintings) 2

West (U.S.) -- Photographs 2

Adobe houses -- Photographs 1

Agriculture and Natural Resources 1

Algiers (Algeria) -- Photographs 1

Australia -- Photographs 1

Cabinet photographs 1

Canyons -- Utah -- Photographs 1

China -- Photographs 1

Cities and towns -- Colorado -- Photographs 1

Cities and towns -- Utah -- Photographs 1

City and Town Life 1

Cliff-dwellings -- Utah -- San Juan County -- Photographs 1

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1

Colorado -- Photographs 1

DVDs 1

Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Dakota Indians -- Portraits 1

Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1

Diaries 1

Echo Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 1

Egypt -- Photographs 1

Environment and Conservation 1

Environmental Conditions 1

Expeditions and Adventure 1

Fox Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Fox Indians -- Portraits 1

Green River (Utah) -- Photographs 1

Green River Valley (Wyo.-Utah) -- Photographs 1

Home and Family 1

Immigration and American Expansion 1

India -- Photographs 1

Indians of North America -- Portraits 1

Indians of North America -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Interviews 1

Japan -- Photographs 1

Labor -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Colorado -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Photographs 1

Landscapes -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Latter Day Saint churches -- Apostles 1

Latter Day Saint pioneers -- Photographs 1

Latter Day Saints -- Utah -- Photographs 1

Letters 1

Mandan Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Mandan Indians -- Portraits 1

Mdewakanton Indians -- Pictorial works 1

Mdewakanton Indians -- Portraits 1

Media and Communication 1

Mines and Mineral Resources 1

Mormons -- Photographs 1

New York (N.Y.) -- Photographs 1

New Zealand -- Photographs 1

Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Photographs 1

Ogden Canyon (Utah) -- Photographs 1

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