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Timothy O'Sullivan: master of early frontier photography

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Timothy O'Sullivan, one of the American frontier's most important photographers, wasn't just an artistic hybrid of Matthew Brady, Ansel Adams, and other giants of early photography. He had a little Kit Carson in him as well.

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All photography courtesy of Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Issue: April 2009