William Henry Jackson in China during the World's Transportation Commission Tour, 1895

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Artifact Overview

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) was a prolific photographer, probably the best known of the nineteenth-century western landscape photographers. Jackson worked for the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, ran his own studio in Denver, and traveled the world as a photographer for the World's Transportation Commission. In 1897, Jackson joined the Detroit Publishing Company.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

August 1895-September 1895

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.WTC.U.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)

Color

Brown

Dimensions

Height: 6.438 in
Width: 4.438 in