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Title
Upper Colorado River below Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the upper Colorado River below Lee's Ferry, Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. Viewed from above. The wide river cuts a swath through the canyon whose nearly vertical walls tower above. A large sandbar dominates the river at left. Vegetation grows on the opposite bank. The canyon rim is visible at top.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16431
USC-1-1-1-14260 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3885
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16431
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3885.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Grand Canyon--Colorado River--Glen Canyon, Lee's Ferry
Parks
Canyons
Rivers
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Arizona
USA
rivers: Colorado River
canyons: Grand Canyon
Source
1-91-182 [Microfiche number]
3885 [Accession number]
CHS-3885 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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