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Andrew J. Russell — Laramie Valley, From Sheephead Mountains

Andrew J. Russell

Laramie Valley, From Sheephead Mountains

1868

Russell's elevated vantage point captures the expansive Wyoming valley that would become crucial to westward migration, combining documentary precision with the aesthetic sensibilities of 19th-century landscape photography.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. VI from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

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