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Title
View of the Pulpit Rock, a natural rock formation located near the mouth of Echo Canyon, Echo City, Utah, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 a view of the Pulpit Rock, a natural rock formation located near the mouth of Echo Canyon, Echo City, Utah, ca.1900-1930. The top of the rock formation is flat. The main portion of the rock is supported by a narrower piece below it. At right is an overhanging cliff. Scrub grass sparsely covers the hilly area near the cliff and the rock. A house (or barn?) is visible in the distance. "The Pulpit, at the mouth of Echo Canyon, photographed by William Jackson, 1870. This unique formation was later dynamited to make way for the railroad and highway." -- unknown author. Picture file card reads: "Pulpit and Henning Rock. Mouth of Echo Canyon, N.P.R.R."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17548
USC-1-1-1-14308 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5964
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17548
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5964.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Rock formations
Rocks
Natural rock formations
Time Period
circa 1900/1930
Place
Echo
USA
Utah
canyons: Echo Canyon
Source
1-80-40 [Microfiche number]
5964 [Accession number]
CHS-5964 [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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