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WHJ as he reached Salt Lake in the fall of 1866

(WHJ as he reached Salt Lake in the fall of 1866)

William Henry Jackson
1866

By the time Jackson reached Utah, the formerly well-to-do photographer was unrecognizable. In his diary, Jackson wrote that his trousers were so torn that he "wore two pairs to avoid arrest for indecent exposure."

Glass slide of original pencil drawing. H 10, W 8 cm
Scotts Bluff National Monument, SCBL 741