Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. The "Pueblo" or town, encloses a quadrangular area within which are the ruins of a church built under the direction of the Jesuit missionaries. The houses are built one above the other to the height of five or six stories. The entrances are mostly from the top, the ascent and descent being made by ladders, No. 16 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"

Q: Is "Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. The "Pueblo" or town, encloses a quadrangular area within which are the ruins of a church built under the direction of the Jesuit missionaries. The houses are built one above the other to the height of five or six stories. The entrances are mostly from the top, the ascent and descent being made by ladders, No. 16 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"" in the public domain?

Yes, Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. The "Pueblo" or town, encloses a quadrangular area within which are the ruins of a church built under the direction of the Jesuit missionaries. The houses are built one above the other to the height of five or six stories. The entrances are mostly from the top, the ascent and descent being made by ladders, No. 16 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Timothy O'Sullivan

1873

Indian Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; view from the interior. The "Pueblo" or town, encloses a quadrangular area within which are the ruins of a church built under the direction of the Jesuit missionaries. The houses are built one above the other to the height of five or six stories. The entrances are mostly from the top, the ascent and descent being made by ladders, No. 16 from the series "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" by Timothy O'Sullivan

Medium

Albumen print, stereo

Dimensions

Each image: 9.2 × 7.5 cm (3 5/8 × 3 in.); Card: 10 × 17.8 cm (3 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Classification

stereograph (albumen)

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

210771

About the Artist

Timothy O'Sullivan · 1840–1882

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (c. 1840–1882) emerged as one of America's pioneering photographers during a transformative era. His early life remains sparsely documented, with records suggesting he was born either in New York City or Ireland before immigrating young, possibly growing up on Staten Island. As a teenager, he apprenticed under Mathew Brady at his Fulton Street gallery in New York, mastering w...

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