John Wesley Powell

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Title John Wesley Powell
Collection Utah State Historical Society Classified Photo Collection
File Name 39222001402382
Photo Number #13302
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date of Photograph 1859
Date 1859
Subject Explorers; Scientific expeditions; Soldiers; Agricultural conservation
Person Powell, John Wesley
Spatial Coverage Illinois
Comment John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a soldier who lost his arm in the Civil War, a geology professor, American Indian expert, western conservation advocate, and an explorer who's most famous expedition was a 900-mile journey on the Green and Colorado Rivers. Image shows Powell and Illinois Wesleyan's first building, where Powell did some early teaching.
Rights Management Digital Image © 2004 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Relation Classified Photo Collection, 921 Biography
Source Format Paper print
Source Size 8 inches x 10 inches
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Format Creation Image scanned on Creo-Scitex Jazz+ Flatbed Scanner at TIFF: 800 ppi resolution and 8-bit grayscale. Dimensions are JPEG: 700 x 556 pixels.
Scanned By Digital Technologies, Marriott Library, University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s60v8mcj
Setname dha_cp
ID 432687
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60v8mcj