Gorgeous sepia-tinted pictures

[hermetic]

show the American West as you've never seen it. Someone just sent me the link and I see the article is from 2012, so this has most likely been posted in the past. Hopefully it was long enough ago that it will be new for some and happily re-viewed by others. I am stunned at the beauty of these shots from the 1800s, plus the story is quite interesting.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Definitely worth looking at these wonderful photos. Thanks!

[niyad]

2. k and r and thank you for posting this

[haydukelives]

3. kicking

[Mz Pip]

4. Pyramid Lake is a neat place

I was there in the late 60s before the really interesting part was fenced off. There were some amazing geological formations; large volcanic bubbles with crystals inside. Can't get to that area anymore. The big pyramid on the south side is a pelican habitat.

[pansypoo53219]

5. black + white old photography is much easier to 'fix'.

i collect old B/W pics when i can.

[CrispyQ]

6. Fascinating! Thank you!

~kick.

[progressoid]

7. I'll also add this...Mark Klett's "Rephotographic Survey" photographed a century later.

The purpose of the project was to rephotograph the exact site that several 19th century photographers had photographed in the West. The Project was sponsored by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Polaroid Corporation and features the work of 19th century photographers William Henry Jackson, Timothy O'Sullivan, John K. Hillers, and Andrew J. Russell. Each pair in this set consists of a reproduction of the 19th century photograph and the corresponding photo taken by the project team. The project team consisted of Ellen Manchester, Director; Mark Klett, Chief Photographer; JoAnn Verburg, Research Coordinator; Rick Dingus and Gordon Bushaw, photographers.

http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3432112

http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3432109

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[Curmudgeoness]

8. These are very interesting.

Thanks for posting them.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Canyon de Chelly was one of my favorite places in Arizona.