Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1843 - 1942
Biographical History
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 63 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Bryant Dolare Casper Portrait of William Henry Jackson
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f5_893a
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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, 1925 August 23
Item — Box 8: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621934], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 892
Dates:
Other: 1925 August 23
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
John H. Campe photographs of Utah
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
Commemorative plaque in memory of William Henry Jackson
Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b6_f4_883a
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
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- Type
- Archival Object 27
- Digital Record 25
- Collection 11
- Subject
- Photographs 47
- Gelatin silver prints 35
- Albumen prints 6
- Drawings 6
- Images 4
- 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
- China -- Photographs 1
- Cities and towns -- Colorado -- Photographs 1
- Cities and towns -- Utah -- Photographs 1
- City and Town Life 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Colorado -- Photographs 1
- Cyanotypes 1
- DVDs 1
- Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works 1
- Dakota Indians -- Portraits 1
- Denver (Colo.) -- Photographs 1
- Diaries 1
- Egypt -- Photographs 1
- Environment and Conservation 1
- Environmental Conditions 1
- Fox Indians -- Pictorial works 1
- Fox Indians -- Portraits 1
- Home and Family 1
- India -- Photographs 1
- Indians of North America -- Portraits 1
- Interviews 1
- Japan -- 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
- Old Faithful Geyser Region (Wyo.) -- Photographs 1
- Omaha (Neb.) -- Photographs 1
- Paintings 1
- Pawnee Indians -- Pictorial works 1
- Pawnee Indians -- Portraits 1
- Photographs -- Collectors and collecting 1
- Pikes Peak (Colo.) -- Photographs 1
- Polygamy -- Religious aspects -- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
- Pueblo Indians -- Photographs 1 + ∧ less
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