Along with William Henry Jackson and John K. Hillers, Timothy O’Sullivan was one of the premier Western survey photographers of the 19th century American West. This stereograph was taken on the 1874 Wheeler Survey that covered Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. This Jicarilla Apache couple was photographed at the Abiquiu Agency in northern New Mexico. Although primarily based in New Mexico, the Jicarilla Apache also ranged to hunting grounds in the Southern Plains, as shown by the buffalo robe displayed in this image.

Photograph taken near El Reno, Oklahoma Territory shows an American Indian family in the family wagon posed in front of a traditional tipi. Although the family is dressed in European clothing and owns a farm wagon, the rack of pelts behind the wagon probably indicates that they or someone else is using the tipi as a dwelling.

Unidentified Navajo man and woman posed outside the Warren Trading Post Co. in Kayenta, Arizona. The woman is wearing a commercial Pendleton shawl and the man has a fine example of a Navajo rug draped over his shoulders.

Mass-produced stereograph features a posed scene of a Navajo family in front of a temporary summer shade shelter, which, despite the caption, was not used as a permanent dwelling. A weaving frame can be seen inside the shelter.