Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak
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In the 1860s and 1870s, photographer Timothy O’Sullivan (1840 – 1882) was part of a government-run team of artists, soldiers, scientists, and photographers tasked with documenting America’s frontier in the West. His photographs of the landscape and people of the West touch on the sublime. The wilderness has rarely looked as spectacular. “It’s one … Continue reading "Spectacular Photographs Of America’s Western Frontier (1867-1874)"
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frontier culture — Bunk
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Exchange: Napoleon Standing Next to Chair
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Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak
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Timothy O'Sullivan USA 1870s-32 - Flashbak
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way
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Original Hand Colored Currier/Ives Lithograph Print C. 1865: The Frontier Lake
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Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West - High Museum of Art
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Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak
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Timothy O'Sullivan USA 1870s-8 - Flashbak
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way
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Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak
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Timothy O'Sullivan USA 1870s-2 - Flashbak
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American Frontier
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Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak
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Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak