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Title
Ladder out of Havasu Canyon on the foot trail to Mooney Falls, Grand Canyon, ca.1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 long wooden ladder out of Havasu Canyon on the foot trail to Mooney Falls, Grand Canyon, ca.1900. The three stage ladder is over 60 feet high and hangs from the nearly vertical rocky canyon wall. The canyon rim is visible above, while vegetation is visible below. One person stands at the top of the ladder while two men cling midway on it.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 13 x 10
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16399
USC-1-1-1-13517
USC-1-1-1-14251 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3822
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16399
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3822.jpg
Subject
Indians--Havasupai
Natural features--Parks--Grand Canyon--General views
Indians of North America
Havasupai Indians
Parks
Canyons
Ladders
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
USA
canyons: Havasu Canyon
canyons: Grand Canyon
Source
1-91-233 [Microfiche number]
3822 [Accession number]
CHS-3822 [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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