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Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories: For the Years 1809 to 1875, Inclusive
It has been customary, heretofore, merely to catalogue the results of each season's Operations in a few pamphlet pages of numbers and titles only; but the increasing interest in and demand for the more striking views, calls for a complete descriptive account of the collection, and I have endeavored, in the following pages, to supply as much informa tion as the somewhat limited Space allows. The descriptions are mainly compiled from the reports for the corresponding years.
The collection, thus far, numbers upward of two thousand landscape negatives, the greater portion of them of subjects that had never been taken, and probably will not be for many years to come, or until the country has advanced into civilization. By no other means could the characteristics and wonderful peculiarities of the hitherto almost nu known western half of our continent be brought so vividly to the attention of the world. That they are appreciated, the demand for them, from all quarters of the globe, amply testifies.
During the last two seasons, especial attention has been paid to the archaeology of the pre-historic races of the Southwest. The photo graphic impressions which have been secured of those wonderful remains have excited universal interest, and are already incorporated into the best works of reference and accepted authorities upon the subject. With the exception only of the present inhabited Moquis Pueblos, these are the first illustrations, of any kind, which have ever appeared before the world, of the scenes they represent.
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