Apache Indians Appear Ready War Path by Osullivan (2 results)

Condition: Very Good. Stereoview from Lieutenant George M. Wheeler's Expedition of 1873. Part of the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" this being No. 33. Stereoview is on yellow mount with black lettering on recto, red lettering on verso; card measures 7" x 4"; number "64" written in the negative. In very good condition with light soiling on card and to photograph. Lieutenant George M. Wheeler's surveys ran from 1869-1879, Timothy H. O'Sullivan joining the expedition in 1871 as a photographer. Wheeler captioned O'Sullivan's photographs providing geological, geographical and cultural information, hoping to emphasize that the West was a hospitable place for settlers (Smithsonian Institution). Mautz p61.…

Photograph. Condition: Very good. Stereoview [10 cm x 17.5 cm] Yellow mount. Very minor pen notations on photo surface. From the Smithsonian American Art website- "In 1871 O'Sullivan joined the geological surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, under the command of Lieutenant George M. Wheeler of the U.S. Corps of Engineers. An army man rather than a civilian scientist like King, Wheeler insisted on a survey that would be of practical value. His reports included information likely to be useful in the establishment of roads and rail routes and the development of economic resources. Wheeler's captions for O'Sullivan's pictures provide geological information but also emphasize that the West was a hospitable place for settlers. "In 1873 O'Sullivan led an independent expedition for Wheeler, visiting the Zuni and Magia pueblos and the Canyon de Chelly, with its remnants of a cliff-dwelling culture. O'Sullivan's images of Apache scouts are among the few unromanticized pictures of the western Indian, unlike those of many ethnographic photographers who posed Indians in the studio or outdoors against neutral backgrounds.".…