Visual Materials

Photographs from the McDowell expedition of Arizona territory

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Description: Consists of eighteen photographs of the Arizona landscape and indigenous people taken by Charles H. Brinley. Subjects include Santa Maria, Prescott, Sierra Prieta, Granite Mountain, Mojave peoples, Fort Mojave, Tonto Spring, and various expedition lodgings.
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Production date: 1865-1866.
Call number: photPF 160-177
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of February 2025.
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