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Photograph by William Henry Jackson of a man sitting on the banks of a body of water in the foreground, trees and mountains in the background, moderate fading.

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The glass lantern slides were taken by Bertrand F. Harrison in the 1930s and 1940s, and contain pictures of plants and other biological specimens related to Utah. The negatives collection includes twenty-five small, round metal containers of 35mm film, and one cassette tape. Labels on film canisters include references to Zion's Park, St. George, natural bridges, Chicago, Aspen Grove, Midway, Yellowstone Park, the Uintah Mountains, and various other Utah locations.

Scope and Contents This collection is a scrapbook compiled under the direction of F.V. Hayden, the appointed geologist in charge of the U.S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, as the culmination of a federally funded survey expedition. The scrapbook contains 258 albumen silver prints taken by William Henry Jackson of landmarks in and around what is known now as Yellowstone National Park. The compiled scrapbooks were instrumental in convincing Congress to establish Yellowstone as the first...

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Photograph by William Henry Jackson of trees with mountains in background, moderate fading.

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Materials include 4 photographs taken by Walter P. Cottam between approximately 1920 and 1940 of scenes in the Uintah Mountains.