Image: Grand Canyon National Park, Kolb Studio Sunset 0131 (2010) - Flickr - Grand Canyon NPS

Description: The Kolb Studio — Sunset as seen from Kolb Studio on the South Rim of Grand Canyon. On the edge of the South Rim in Grand Canyon Village, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. The historic building is within the Grand Canyon Village Historic District, on the National Register of Historic Places in Grand Canyon National Park. Kolb Studio was constructed on this site from 1904 through 1926. It was a 2 1/2 story structure with the upper level on the rim of the Canyon. This building saw 23 years of expansion and alterations that brought it to its present day appearance. History Ellsworth L. Kolb and Emery C. Kolb played an important role in the early development of visitor services to the Grand Canyon. Ellsworth and Emery came to the Canyon in 1902. Ellsworth worked as a bellman in the Bright Angel Hotel. The brothers eventually bought a photographic studio in Williams, Arizona and brought the equipment to the Grand Canyon. Their business started out photographing parties going down the Bright Angel Trail. Because water supplies were limited on the rim of the Canyon, they would photograph the mule passengers then run 4 1/2 miles to Indian Garden where they had set up a photographic lab. Water was available here for processing the film. Then they returned to the rim of the Canyon with the processed pictures ready for the mule passengers on their return.
Title: Grand Canyon National Park, Kolb Studio Sunset 0131 (2010) - Flickr - Grand Canyon NPS
Credit: Grand Canyon National Park: Kolb Studio Sunset 0131 (2010)
Author: Grand Canyon National Park
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