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Thomas Moran's painting "The Chasm of the Colorado," begun in 1873, Oct., and completed in 1874, Apr. It was purchased by Congress in July. Powell had taken Moran to the Powell Plateau and showed the view of the river from the east side

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Title: Thomas Moran's painting "The Chasm of the Colorado," begun in 1873, Oct., and completed in 1874, Apr. It was purchased by Congress in July. Powell had taken Moran to the Powell Plateau and showed the view of the river from the east side
Date Created and/or Issued: 1873
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Otis Marston Colorado River Collection
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: 731299; GDCN; 108-24; [See original page for additional text and/or photocopied contour map]
Type: image
Extent: color photographic prints : 3 1/2 X 5
Identifier: V072/0150
210408
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll5/id/21266
Source: Papers of Otis R. Marston: Still images, 1870-1978.
vols. 56-104, Colorado River and tributaries (Grand Canyon to Gulf of California)
The Otis Marston Colorado River Collection

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