Hillers Jack (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Worn with tears and chipping. The hardcover book is in decent condition with a dust jacket that shows significant wear. There are visible tears and chipping along the edges of the jacket, indicative of its age. The binding remains intact, ensuring the book is still a useful reference for readers and collectors interested in historical photography and exploration.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later Edition. ISBN 0874800668. ISBN13 9780874800661. Hardback. Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, slight foxing on outside cover boards, slight bow to book, in a Good to very condition dustjacket, with some browning to jacket, thumbprint on lower front jacket near spine edge. Tight, sound, unmarked copy, with previous owner's name written on inside front endpaper. Second printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Cloth/dust jacket Quarto. white cloth, brown lettering to front and spine, dust jacket, mylar wrapped, 225 pp.

Photograph. Condition: Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 154). Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. J. W. Powell, Geologist in charge. 2" crease to bottom left corner. Dampstaining along right side of mount. Second image peeling away from mount at the foot. This is one of the series of great plateaus in southeastern Utah; it has an area of one thousand square miles and an average elevation of 11,500 feet. It is heavily timbered with pine and spruce forests, and has numerous beautiful lakes. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years.…

Photograph. Condition: Very Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 180). U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Second Division, J. W. Powell in charge. 1875. Photograph subtly dampstained and peeling away from the mount along the bottom edge. This stream heads at the foot of what is known as the Great Fold, in Utah Territory, runs along its base, and empties into the Colorado River. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years.…

Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow Jackson/Hayden mount (?) [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed Powell survey paper label on the reverse. Nice contrasts. Gentle wear to extremities. View of three Uinta Indians standing in front of a teepee. This is 'Number 75' from the 'Indians of the Colorado Valley. U-in-tats. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster in Salt Lake City when he met John Wesley Powell, the following year (1871) he was hired by Powell as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. He slowly replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first E.O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers worked hard and was likable and he picked up the art of photography quickly, soon he was the main photographer on Powell's trips and would go on to work for the B.A.E. for years.…

Photograph. Condition: Very good. Stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. Publisher's printed label on the reverse as well. U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Light soiling to the reverse. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Overtime, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. …

Photograph. Condition: Very Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15 cm] on a yellow mount [11 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 181). U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Corner wear and a bit of edge wear as well. J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years.…

Stereoview [18 cm x 11.5 cm] J.W. Powell & H.H. Thompson yellow mount. Hillers label on the reverse. U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. Very good.

Photograph. Condition: Very good. Stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. Printed J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse as well. U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. …

Photograph. Condition: Very good. Stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse. Printed J. F. Jarvis label on the reverse as well. U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. "Possibly a Hawken Rifle" written in pencil on the reverse. A tribe of Indians living on the Rio Virgen, a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. …

Condition: Very good +. Albumen photograph [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow/salmon mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a purple printed paper label on the reverse. Good contrasts. "Number 18" from the "Indians of the Colorado Valley. Kai-vav-its. A Tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona" series. A Hillers image showing a group of children lying on the ground. Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster in Salt Lake City, where he met John Wesley Powell. The following year, in 1871, he was hired by Powell to be a boatman on his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was likable, worked hard, and picked up the art of photography quickly. Soon, he was the main photographer on Powell's trips and would go on to work for B.A.E. for years.…

Photograph. Condition: Very Good. Albumen stereoview [11 cm x 15.5 cm] on a yellow mount [11.5 cm x 17.5 cm] with a printed paper label on the reverse (No. 202). U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. In pencil on the reverse "Thompson standing." Also in pencil, "Marble Cañon Aug 22, '72" and "Sep 5, '72; S & S p. 244." Jack Hillers (1840-1882) was working as a teamster when he made the acquaintance of John Wesley Powell. The following year, 1871, Powell hired him as a boatman for his second expedition down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Over time, he replaced Clements Powell (John's cousin) as the assistant to the photographer (first succeeding E. O. Beaman then James Fennemore). Hillers was a hard worker, highly regarded by his peers, and a fast learner when it came to the art of photography. After serving as the main photographer on Powell's trips, Hillers would go on to work for the Bureau of American Ethnology for many years. …