William Henry Jackson
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican photographer and painter (1843-1942)
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William Henry Jackson was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam.
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Survey Camp, Yellowstone National Park, 1871. Photo by William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson, as a member of the U. S. Geological Survey exploring the Teton country in 1872
Photo by W.H. JacksonRailway train of the Italian Line, Marsa, 1894
Goldi village along the Amur River, north of Khabarovsk in southeastern Russia, 1895
Jackson aboard the Detroit Photographic Co. Special train, 1902.
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About this person
William Henry Jackson was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam. He was the great-grandfather of cartoonist Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead comics.
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Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1843 to 1942 · aged 99
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