Independence Rock, Wyoming, Photos, 1962. Four photos of this large rock mound, a landmark well-known to emigrants on the Oregon-California Trail. b/w and color.
95.1P.486 = Color snapshot of Independence Rock from distance. 3½" x 5½"
95.1P.487 = Close view of Independence Rock. Photographer's card & camper and wife in foreground for contrast. Legend: "Independence Rock, north end, 1961" color, 8" x 10"
95.1P.488 = Distance view of Independence Rock. Legend: " Independence Rock, "Register of the Desert". So called because of the thousands of names that were inscribed on its surface by pioneer travelers camping near its base." dated 1961. b/w 8" x 10"
old digital file name: WYIndependenceRock-WYIndependenceRock3.
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1961
Place
State/Province
Wyoming
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trail, Independence Rock
