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Timothy O'Sullivan — Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada
Timothy O'Sullivan

Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada

1871

Western mining territory reveals its harsh beauty through O'Sullivan's lens, part of the government surveys that opened the frontier to development.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 1

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Timothy O'Sullivan, Snow Peaks, Bull Run Mining District, Nevada, 1871

Western mining territory reveals its harsh beauty through O'Sullivan's lens, part of the government surveys that opened the frontier to development.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 1
Year
1871
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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1871, Photography, Albumen Print, Geological, Documentary, American, Landscape, Sepia, Natural, Mountain

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