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Title
Men in a small boat in Marble Canyon, Colorado River, ca.1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
1897/1899
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 two men in a small boat in Marble Canyon, Colorado River, ca.1898. They are dwarfed by the towering nearly-vertical rocky canyon walls which loom over the placid river. The canyon rim is visible far above. A sandy shoal forms the shore on one side of the river.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17023
USC-1-1-1-14262 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4709
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17023
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4709.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Grand Canyon--Colorado River--Marble Canyon
Parks
Canyons
Rivers
Time Period
1897/1899
Place
Arizona
USA
canyons: Grand Canyon
Source
1-91-202 [Microfiche number]
4709 [Accession number]
CHS-4709 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-709 [Identifying number]
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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