How the Wild West REALLY looked:

RayP(MI) · Jun 5, 2012

Some fantastic sepia toned images of the western US, taken by Timothy O'Sullivan.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html

(shamelessly stolen from another board.)
Wild West Pictures

ShadetreeRet · Jun 5, 2012

That was fantastic! I had never heard of the survey mentioned here. Thanks for posting.

MarkB_MI · Jun 6, 2012

Very interesting pictures.

I found it interesting that someone added copyright notices (© Timothy O'Sullivan) to the pictures. Certainly O'Sullivan didn't add them himself; he's been long dead. Not only that, but these shouldn't be copyrightable works (since the government paid for them), and all works created before 1923 are in the public domain anyway.

Wheat Farmer · Jun 6, 2012

Those are some great photos. I have two albums of Colorado photos take by W.H. Jackson around 1870, and then the same location taken again in 2000 by John Fielder. At least one of the photos was shown here.

641Dave · Jun 6, 2012

Thanks!

cumminspuller · Jun 6, 2012

Thanks for posting! Great photographs!!!!!

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