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This calendar is published by the Wyoming State Archives, Museums and Historical Department.
Similarly like the Calendar of Wyoming History-1981, the 1986 Calendar of Wyoming History featured photographs of Wyoming taken by Joseph E. Stimson. Born in Virginia in 1870 and having grown up in South Carolina and Nebraska, Stimson learned photography at 16 years old. He moved to Wyoming in 1889 & began work as a portrait photographer in Cheyenne.
In 1894 Stimson photographed the Big Horn Mountains when he accompanied State Engineer Elwood Mead on a trip. In 1899 Stimson photographed the Tetons. He began a nearly 20 year working relationship with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1901 in which he photographed scenes along the railroad.
The State of Wyoming commissioned Stimson to prepare an exhibit for the 1903 St. Louis Exposition, and he was awarded a silver medal. Working for the Bureau of Reclamation, Stimson also photographed U.S. irrigation projects in the American West.
More than 7500 glass plate and nitrate negatives can be found in the Stimson collection. They serve as artifacts, sorks of art and research documents.
This calendar shows more examples of Stimson's work. The cover photograph shows a group of Wyoming cowboys heading for a roundup, and the July image shows a proud dry land farmer.
1986 Calendar of Wyoming History - January
Ferris Mansion
1986 Calendar of Wyoming History - July
1986 Calendar of Wyoming History - December
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