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William Henry Jackson — Quarrying Granite for Mormon Temple, No. 119 from the series "Views in the Rocky Mountains"
William Henry Jackson

Quarrying Granite for Mormon Temple, No. 119 from the series "Views in the Rocky Mountains"

1870

Jackson's documentary photograph captures Mormon settlers quarrying granite in the Rocky Mountains, providing historical evidence of westward expansion and religious community building in the 1870s American frontier.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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William Henry Jackson, Quarrying Granite for Mormon Temple, No. 119 from the series "Views in the Rocky Mountains", 1870

Jackson's documentary photograph captures Mormon settlers quarrying granite in the Rocky Mountains, providing historical evidence of westward expansion and religious community building in the 1870s American frontier.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1870
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Albumen Print, Mountains, Documentary, American, Photograph, Landscape, Construction, Historical, Architecture

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