Lake San Cristobal

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Date

ca. 1870
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.
Mount: 10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in negative: 241. LAKE SAN CRISTOVAL [sic].
Mount Recto:
u.c. printed in gold: Department of the Interior \ U.S. Geological Survey [logo] of the Territories \ PROF. F.V. HAYDEN IN CHARGE.
l.l. printed in gold: W.H. JACKSON, PHOTO.
Mount Verso:
u.c. in graphite: 1875 series 5 x 8 size neg. \ HS-241 - San Cristoval Lake, a beautiful sheet of eater, formed by the \ damning up of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison by a landslide. It \ is nearly two miles in length, and less than half a mile broad at its \ widest place. Elevation, 9,000 feet. \ W.H. Jackson's description in \ USGs Misc. pub. #5 - catalogue of \ W.H. Jackson's photos. \ Nellie C. Carics [?] \ Special Asst. to Adm. Officer \ Office, Chief, Topog. Dir. \ NSGS \ Reston, Va. \ Oct. 1973
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2763
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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