H75.107.1.18

Object number:

H75.107.1.18

Object name:

photograph

Title:

Dial Rock, Red Buttes from The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent

Maker:

Andrew J. Russell

Date made:

1868

Material / Technique:

Albumen print

Dimensions:

H: 8.25 in, W: 10.938 in

Credit line:

Gift of George E. Arnott

Content description:

This is a single page from "The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent" that contains an albumen print photograph. The print shows a rock formation that resembles an hourglass - wide at the top, narrow in the center, and then wide at the base. A man is sitting at the base of this rock with his back to the photographer.

Cultural affinity:

Cheyenne; Arapaho

Concepts:

transcontinental railroad; landscape; man

Places:

Red Buttes, Wyoming

Organizations:

Union Pacific Railroad

The examination and research of objects within OMCA’s collection is ongoing. If you have comments, additional information, or questions about this object record, we welcome your feedback. Please send us a note.

More Works by Andrew J. Russell

Andrew J. Russell[Fairy Grotto, Black Buttes](late 19th century)

Andrew J. RussellPulpit Rock, Mouth of Echo Canyon(1868)

Andrew J. RussellCoalville, Weber Valley from The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent(1869)

Andrew J. RussellRailroad Warehouses, Echo(1869)