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Edward E. Ayer Photograph Collection (Newberry Library)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Jackson Faulk collection of photographs of the Dakota Territory and Yankton, Santee, and Teton Sioux

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-Box-105
Abstract A collection of 56 photographs acquired by Faulk, mostly consisting of large-format albumen prints, but also a few stereographs and carte de visites. Dakota Territory scenes include views of Yankton, its buildings, and its citizens; photographs of Fort Dakota and Fort Randall by B. H. Gurnsey; the Congregational Church and parsonage at Faulkton; the Big Sioux River and Sioux Falls; and Indian camps. The collection also includes 32 oval portraits of Yankton, Brule, Two Kettle, and Santee...
Dates: approximately 1855-1909

Olin D. Wheeler collection of photographs of Yosemite Valley

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-box-68-70, 88
Abstract

This collection of 179 photographic prints contains 71 views of Yosemite National Park, including tourists traveling in Yosemite Transportation vehicles and private cars. Wheeler also compiled a collection of photographs of the landscapes and Native Americans along the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition while researching his two-volume book The Trail of Lewis and Clark. This collection is part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection of Photographs.

Dates: approximately 1880-1925

Thomas Martin Easterly daguerreotypes

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Photographs-3648-3662
Abstract

Fifteen daguerreotypes depicting images of Sauk, Fox, and Iowa Native Americans, as well as two non-native men.

Dates: approximately 1845-1849

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  • Subject: Manuscripts, American X

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Manuscripts, American 2
Albumen prints -- Dakota Territory -- 1851-1900 1
Automobile travel -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- Photographs 1
California, Northern -- Photographs 1
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) -- 1851-1900 1