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Picturesque America Collection (page 5)

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Umpqua Canon, 1872. Creator: Robert Swain Gifford

Umpqua Canon, 1872. Creator: Robert Swain Gifford
Umpqua Canon, 1872. Canyon of the Umpqua River, Oregon, USA: the road enters the Umpqua Mountains, and is soon involved in the terrors and the gloom of the Umpqua Canon

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Castellated Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer

Castellated Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Castellated Rock, 1872. Rock formation in Northern California, USA: a range of granite and limestone rocks, which attains an elevation from the plain of three thousand feet

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Cliffs of Seneca, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard

The Cliffs of Seneca, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
The Cliffs of Seneca, 1872. View of Seneca Rocks, at the confluence of Seneca Creek with the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River in West Virginia, USA: Imagine a thin

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Berkeleys Seat. 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton

Berkeleys Seat. 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
" Berkeleys Seat". 1872. People bathing in the Atlantic Ocean at Rhode Island, USA. The area was known as Berkeleys Seat after the Irish bishop George Berkeley who landed near Newport in

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Old Fort Dumpling, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley

Old Fort Dumpling, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Old Fort Dumpling, 1872. View of the fort, officially called Fort Louis and, later, Fort Brown, overlooking the entrance to Narragansett Bay, Jamestown, Rhode Island, USA. Construction began in 1798

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Rainbow Arch, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard

Rainbow Arch, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
Rainbow Arch, 1872. Rock formation on the James River, Virginia, USA: The stratification here is most rare and strange, describing the arc of a circle

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Natural Towers, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley

Natural Towers, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Natural Towers, 1872. Rock formation in Augusta County, Virginia, USA:the Towers rise straight up from the cultivated field

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Natural Tunnel, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard

Natural Tunnel, 1872. Creator: William Ludwell Sheppard
Natural Tunnel, 1872. View of the Natural Tunnel, a cave that is so large it is used as a railroad tunnel, Appalachian Mountains, Scott County, Virginia, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Harpers Ferry, 1872. Creator: John Filmer

Harpers Ferry, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Harpers Ferry, 1872. View of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, a town situated on the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Mud-Springs, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley

Mud-Springs, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Mud-Springs, 1872. Geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Below the falls there is an extensive area covered with the deposits which extend from the south side of Mount

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Upper Yellowstone Falls, 1872. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt

The Upper Yellowstone Falls, 1872. Creator: Samuel Valentine Hunt
The Upper Yellowstone Falls, 1872. Waterfall in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Sugar-Loaf Rock - (West Side), 1872. Creator: A. Measom

Sugar-Loaf Rock - (West Side), 1872. Creator: A. Measom
Sugar-Loaf Rock - (West Side), 1872. 75-foot-high rock stack formed by post-glacial erosion on Mackinac Island, Lake Huron, Michigan, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Magnolia Swamp, 1872. Creator: Alfred Waud

Magnolia Swamp, 1872. Creator: Alfred Waud
Magnolia Swamp, 1872. Magnolia trees covered in Spanish moss, southern USA. Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant - one that grows on the surface of another plant and obtains moisture

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Eastern Long Island Scenes, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley

Eastern Long Island Scenes, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Eastern Long Island Scenes, 1872. Views around Long Island, New York State, USA: Seines [fishing nets], Greenport; Long beach bar - lighthouse; oil mill, Orient; Plum Island & Gut from Orient Point

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Cumberland Gap, from the East, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse

Cumberland Gap, from the East, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse
Cumberland Gap, from the East, 1872. Watermill near the pass through the Cumberland Mountains on the border of Kentucky and Virginia, USA. The chimney is clad in timber scaffolding

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: St. Jamess Church, Goose Creek, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton

St. Jamess Church, Goose Creek, 1872. Creator: W. J. Linton
St. Jamess Church, Goose Creek, 1872. The early Georgian chapel of St James at Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA. Built in the 1710s, it is one of South Carolinas oldest surviving buildings

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: A Garden in Florida, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley

A Garden in Florida, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
A Garden in Florida, 1872. A woman in a bonnet reads in a tropical garden in Florida, USA. She is flanked by a banana tree and a large cactus, with a stork and a dog with a ball in the foreground

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Beacon Hill, Neversink Highlands, 1872. Creator: John Filmer

Beacon Hill, Neversink Highlands, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Beacon Hill, Neversink Highlands, 1872. View of the coast at Highlands, New Jersey, USA. On the right is the Navesink Twin Lights lighthouse, constructed in 1862

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Descent from Mount Washington, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse

The Descent from Mount Washington, 1872. Creator: W. H. Morse
The Descent from Mount Washington, 1872. Travellers on horseback in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: A Ferry on the French Broad, 1872. Creator: John Karst

A Ferry on the French Broad, 1872. Creator: John Karst
A Ferry on the French Broad, 1872. Rope ferry across the French Broad River which flows from North Carolina into Tennessee, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Lovers Leap - Approach By Night, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton

The Lovers Leap - Approach By Night, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
" The Lovers Leap" - Approach By Night, 1872. Mail coach at the bottom of a cliff ( Lovers Leap ), about to cross the French Broad River, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Smoky Mountains, (North Carolina), 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood

The Smoky Mountains, (North Carolina), 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
The Smoky Mountains, (North Carolina), 1872. View of the Great Smoky Mountains in the south eastern USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Bonaventure Cemetery, 1872. Creator: John Filmer

Bonaventure Cemetery, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Bonaventure Cemetery, 1872. Trees draped in Spanish moss in the rural cemetery of Bonaventure on the Wilmington River, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Delaware Water-Gap, Looking South from Shawnee, 1872. Creator: Granville Perkins

Delaware Water-Gap, Looking South from Shawnee, 1872. Creator: Granville Perkins
Delaware Water-Gap, Looking South from Shawnee, 1872. View of the gap where the Delaware River cuts through a ridge of the Appalachian Mountains on the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton

Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Creator: Henry Duff Linton
Above the Natural Bridge, 1872. Artist sketching on a gnarled tree root above Natural Bridge, a rock arch in Virginia, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Richmond from Hollywood, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley

Richmond from Hollywood, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Richmond from Hollywood, 1872. View of the James River and the town of Richmond, Virginia, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley

Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain, 1872. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Chattanooga and the Tennessee from Lookout Mountain, 1872. View of the Tennessee River and the town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Castle Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer

Castle Rock, 1872. Creator: John Filmer
Castle Rock, 1872. Rock formation on the Columbia River, USA: Rifted bowlders, like Castle Rock, stood alone, their base washed by the river, their heads upholding the sky

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. Johns River, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley

Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. Johns River, 1872. Creator: John J. Harley
Bar Lighthouse, Mouth of St. Johns River, 1872. Derelict lighthouse on the coast of Florida, south eastern USA. The first lighthouse was built in 1830 near the rivers mouth...By 1835

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: The Cliffs Near The Ovens. 1872. Creator: Harry Fenn

The Cliffs Near The Ovens. 1872. Creator: Harry Fenn
The Cliffs Near " The Ovens". 1872. View of cavities worn by the tides in the rock on the coast of Maine, north eastern USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Great Falls of the Potomac, 1874. Creator: Alfred Harral

Great Falls of the Potomac, 1874. Creator: Alfred Harral
Great Falls of the Potomac, 1874. Waterfalls on the Potomac River on the border of Maryland and Virginia, USA. Here the water foams and rushes among jagged rocks

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson

Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson
Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Views in the city of Brooklyn, which merged with New York City in 1894. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Washington, Madison, and Union Squares, c1870. Creator: William James Palmer

Washington, Madison, and Union Squares, c1870. Creator: William James Palmer
Washington, Madison, and Union Squares, 1874. Pedestrians and carriages in the squares of New York City, USA. Union Square is at the bend of the main division of Broadway...Madison Square...with

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Stand Rock, on the Wisconsin River, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud

Stand Rock, on the Wisconsin River, 1874. Creator: Alfred Waud
Stand Rock, on the Wisconsin River, 1874. A man climbs on top of an unusual rock formation in Wisconsin, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Scenes in Chicago, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley

Scenes in Chicago, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley
Scenes in Chicago, 1874. Chicago River; Jefferson Park; Madison Street; Chicago river from Clark Street Bridge; West Side from Lake Street Bridge, Illinois, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Sunset, Lake Michigan, 1874. Creator: W. J. Linton

Sunset, Lake Michigan, 1874. Creator: W. J. Linton
Sunset, Lake Michigan, 1874. Sailing ships on Lake Michigan, one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Michigan is the only one of the lakes which is located entirely within the USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Walls of the Grand Canyon, 1874. Creator: Phineas F. Annin

Walls of the Grand Canyon, 1874. Creator: Phineas F. Annin
Walls of the Grand Canyon, 1874. A waterfall in the Grand Canyon, carved out by the Colorado River and its tributaries in Utah and Arizona, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Teocalli Mountain, 1874. Creator: J. G. Smithwick

Teocalli Mountain, 1874. Creator: J. G. Smithwick
Teocalli Mountain, 1874. View of a peak in the Elk Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountain range, Colorado, USA. We pitch our tents near the base of an immense pyramid

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Bowlder Canon, 1874. Creator: W. J. Linton

Bowlder Canon, 1874. Creator: W. J. Linton
Bowlder Canon, 1874. The Colorado River flowing through Boulder Canyon, (originally Devils Gate Canyon), between Nevada and Arizona, USA....we enter the Bowlder Canon

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Port Jervis and Vicinity, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley

Port Jervis and Vicinity, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley
Port Jervis and Vicinity, 1874. D. & H. [Delaware and Hudson] Canal; Mount Willam Port Jervis; Lackawaxen Aqueduct, New York State, USA....Mount William, from which there is a superb view - a wide

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Cayuga Lake Scenery, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley

Cayuga Lake Scenery, 1874. Creator: John J. Harley
Cayuga Lake Scenery, 1874. Triple Falls; Ithaca Falls; Ithaca Gorge; Castle Rock; Tower Rock, New York State, USA....Ithaca Fall...attains one hundred

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Troy and Vicinity, 1874. Creator: John Douglas Woodward

Troy and Vicinity, 1874. Creator: John Douglas Woodward
Troy and Vicinity, 1874. In Oakwood Cemetery; Poestenkill Creek; City, from near Oakwood; Lumber District; State Street, New York State, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Little Falls, 1874. Creator: Frederick William Quartley

Little Falls, 1874. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Little Falls, 1874. The Mohawk River at Little Falls, New York State, USA. The river here makes a descent of over forty feet, accomplishing the effort in three small falls

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Portland Harbor, and Islands, 1874. Creator: Frederick William Quartley

Portland Harbor, and Islands, 1874. Creator: Frederick William Quartley
Portland Harbor, and Islands, 1874. The Atlantic coast at Portland, Maine, USA: Evergreen Landing, White Head, Portland Head Light

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Terres Mauvaises, Utah, 1874. Creator: John Filmer

Terres Mauvaises, Utah, 1874. Creator: John Filmer
Terres Mauvaises, Utah, 1874. Badlands - dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been eroded by wind and water - in Utah, USA

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Rochester, from Mount Hope Cemetery, 1874. Creator: John Filmer

Rochester, from Mount Hope Cemetery, 1874. Creator: John Filmer
Rochester, from Mount Hope Cemetery, 1874. View of the city of Rochester, New York State, USA. Rochester lies on the Genesee River

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Hartford, from Colts Factory, 1874. Creator: James H. Richardson

Hartford, from Colts Factory, 1874. Creator: James H. Richardson
Hartford, from Colts Factory, 1874. Steam locomotive crossing the Little River at Hartford, Connecticut, USA. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

Background imagePicturesque America Collection: Terrace House and Thorn Mountain, 1874. Creator: F. J. Engling

Terrace House and Thorn Mountain, 1874. Creator: F. J. Engling
Terrace House and Thorn Mountain, 1874. House with porch by a river in New Jersey, USA....Terrace House, which is overlooked by a towering mountain-peak



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