William Henry Jackson’s ‘The Pioneer Photographer’
Bob Blair, 248 pages, clothbound: $39.95.
Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005.
William Henry Jackson was the official photographer for Ferdinand
V. Hayden’s survey of the Western territory from 1870-1878. Now,
Bob Blair has compiled photos, map sketches, paintings and notes
into a fun coffee-table book. Chapters range from “Trailing
California Mustangs” to “Photographic Adventures among the Ute
Indians.”
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline William Henry Jackson’s ‘The Pioneer Photographer’.
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