b. 4 April 1843; d. 30 June 1942
Jackson was an American photographer, a veteran of the civil war, who explored the "Wild West" in the 1870s, and who was probably one of the most colourful and energetic travel photographers of all time, still being commissioned to take photographs whilst in his nineties. During his lifetime he was known as the "Grand old man of the National parks." He used a variety of cameras, including one which produced negatives 20 by 24 inches in size, and also produced a number of stereoscopic pictures.
His work can be seen at the National Archives and the Library of Congress,
both at Washington DC, and the Denver Library in Colorado.
© Robert Leggat, 1999.