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Image: A bend in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1898 (CHS-4708)

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Description: A bend in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1898 Photograph of a bend in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1898. The towering nearly-vertical rocky canyon walls loom over the placid river. The canyon rim is visible in the distance. A rocky embankment forms the shore on one side of the river. Two men row small boats on the river. Call number: CHS-4708 Photographer: James, George Wharton Filename: CHS-4708 Coverage date: 1925/1935 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 4708 Microfiche number: 1-91-201 Archival file: chs_Volume98/CHS-4708.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): rivers Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Identifying number: unidentified no: James-707 Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: 1925/1935 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): Arizona Legacy record ID: chs-m17022; USC-1-1-1-14262 Geographic subject: canyons: Grand Canyon Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Colorado River -- Glen Canyon, Lee's Ferry Subject (lcsh): Parks; Canyons; Rivers
Title: A bend in Glen Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, ca.1898 (CHS-4708)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/17037
Author: George Wharton James, 1858—1923
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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