The Yosemite Falls, from Sentinel Dome.

 

Geological Survey of California (Author)

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (Photographer)

Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896 (Author)

The Yosemite book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada and of the big trees of California

Date Issued: 1868

Place: New York

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8cebff3f-4f07-7c22-e040-e00a18060d30

Vernal Fall.

 

Geological Survey of California (Author)

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (Photographer)

The Yosemite book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada and of the big trees of California

Date Issued: 1868

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c13297a-9843-ebf5-e040-e00a180626fd

El Capitan.

 

Geological Survey of California (Author)

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916 (Photographer)

The Yosemite book : a description of the Yosemite Valley and the adjacent region of the Sierra Nevada and of the big trees of California

Date Issued: 1868

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8c133f3a-ff9f-afe5-e040-e00a180627d9

Geological Formations near Gallup, New Mexico, Gallup, N. M.

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-9df8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Detroit Publishing Company postcards

Date Issued: 1898 - 1931 (Approximate)

Hieroglyphic Pass, opposite Parowan, Utah.

 

Bell, William, 1830-1910 (Photographer)

Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 (Surveyor)

United States. War Department (Publisher)

Photographs of geological formations and Western landscapes

Date Created: 1872

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-8489-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

No. 16. Head of Cañon de Chelle [Chelly], looking down.

 

Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 (Surveyor)

Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) (Creator)

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 (Photographer)

Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872 and 1873

Date Issued: 1873 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-8473-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Rain sculpture, Salt Creek Cañon, Utah. Geological Series. No. 49.

 

Bell, William, 1830-1910 (Photographer)

Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 (Surveyor)

United States. War Department (Publisher)

Photographs of geological formations and Western landscapes

Date Created: 1872

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-849d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

No. 10. Ancient ruins in the Cañon de Chelle [Chelly], N. M. in a niche 50 feet above present cañon bed

 

1873. Photographs showing landscapes, geological and other features of portions of the western territory of the United States, obtained in connection with geographical and geological explorations and surveys west of the 100th meridian, seasons of 1871, 1872 and 1873. Wheeler, George M. (George Montague), 1842-1905 (Surveyor). Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.) (Creator). O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 (Photographer).

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-846d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Rock carved by drifting sand, below Fortification Rock. Geological Series. No. 88.

 

1871-73. O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882 (Photographer)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-8481-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Perched rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona. Geological Series. No. 55.

 

1872. Bell, William, 1830-1910 (Photographer)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-842c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

The Rock Garden

 

My grandmother was a rock hound. Her interesting rock collection. 

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-rock-garden.html