Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

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)"

Timothy O'Sullivan USA 1870s-35 - Flashbak

Timothy O'Sullivan USA 1870s-2 - Flashbak

Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way

Ezra Stoller, Philip Johnson, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1961, 1961 · SFMOMA

Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West - High Museum of Art

Spectacular Photographs Of America's Western Frontier (1867-1874) - Flashbak

Vintage Photos of the Real Wild West, 1870s-1900s - Rare Historical Photos