ORIGINAL William Henry Jackson Hand Colored Mammoth Plate Albumen Photograph D&RG Train Excursion to the CANYON OF THE ANIMAS RIVER (No Reserve Price, this set will sell to the highest bidder.)
Very Good Condition, please scroll down to see all 17 of the photos.
William Henry Jackson #1039 CAÑON OF THE RIO LAS ANIMAS Photograph believed to be taken in the late summer 1882
Hand Colored Mammoth Plate Albumen Silver Print
This original photograph was made by Jackson using the very large mammoth glass plate negative.
It is mounted inside of the original historic Durango, Colorado frame, I did not take the photo out of the frame, which still has the tiny square headed nails in the back, please excuse the pictures through the glass, which does need to be cleaned.
Measurements:
Frame: 33.75" inches wide by 27.75" inches tall
Photograph: 20.75" inches wide by 16.75" inches tall
William Henry Jackson was born in 1843 in Keeseville, New York, and passed away in 1942 in New York City at the age of 99. His mother was an artist and he too was an artist, explorer, Civil War Veteran, and the first person to photograph Yellowstone National Park before it was a National Park.
Jackson after schooling at age 16 moved to Rutland, Vermont to work for a photographer and later joined Company K of the 12th Vermont Infantry Regiment and fought in the Civil War at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was not much of a fighter, so they had him draw maps and daily life scenes.
Upon returning to Ruland, Vermont, he started coloring photos for the same photographer, he got engaged to a girl from Rutland, and then was offered $25 a week by a photographer coloring photos up in Burlington, so he moved to Burlington. Once a week, he would travel south to Rutland to be with his partner, one time there was a disagreement and the wedding was called off, ashamed and embarrassed, he decided he had to leave Vermont forever, and 24 hours later was on his way to New York City and eventually he headed out West.
He is one of the first to photograph the North American West, and his photos helped get the national parks in the American West established.
Jackson has works in the Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and many more.
No photograph collection is complete without one of William Henry Jackson's Mammoth prints.
The original gesso frame, does show signs of its age, it was made by and is signed by "Wm M Keightley", William M Keightley, was a wholesale and retail Bookseller, Stationer and News Dealer, who was also appointed the first Postmaster of Durango, Colorado on November 19, 1880, the same time the post office was established. I did find records in The American Stationer journal from March 22, 1883 that list a $1000 real estate mortgage in Durango, Colorado for Wm Keightley, for the purchase of the building for his book & stationery store. Mr. Keightley finally sold his book & stationery business to a 10 year employee of his, H. M. West and his copartner TE Bowman, forming West & Bowman in 1893. At that time they were still the only book and stationery store in Durango, Colorado.
Please see the detailed photos, this is the exact Photograph you will receive when you win!
If you have questions, want to see more photos, or want to come to Vermont to look at this photograph in person, reach out and let me know, I will do my best to help. Good luck!