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Album caption: Packtrain in San Francisco Mountain region. Shows character of the mountains on high plateau regions of the Colorado River. Arizona. n.d. (Forms a stereoscopic view with photo no. 830a, hjk0830a). Index card unavailable.
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Album caption and index card: South face of the west and center peaks of the "Three Patriarchs," Zion National Park. Washington County, Utah. 1872 or later. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (Powell Survey). Published in Western Views and Eastern Visions, Ostroff, Eugene, figure 94, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1981.
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Album caption and index card: Canyons of Green River. Ashley Falls in Red Canyon. Daggett County, Utah. ca. 1871. (Stereoscopic view) (Similar to J.K. Hillers no. 481, hjk00481, photo by E.O. Beaman)
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Album caption and index card: "Virgen River Valley, Utah" Probably the southeast face of the Towers of the Virgin, including the West Temple, the Three Marys and Meridian Tower. Zion National Park. Washington County, Utah. 1872 or later. U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (Powell Survey). Published in Western Views and Eastern Visions, Ostroff, Eugene, figure 9, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. 1981.
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Album caption and index card: Canyons of the Colorado River of the west. Colorado River in Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. ca. 1871. (Stereoscopic view) (Photo same as J.K. Hillers no. 758, hjk00758)
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Album caption and index card: Canyons of Green River. Red Canyon three miles below Beehive Point, looking upstream. Wall 1,400 feet high. Daggett County, Utah. ca. 1871. (Stereoscopic view)
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Album caption: Grand Canyon, Colorado River, near Toroweap (or Muav). Arizona. n.d. (Forms a stereoscopic with photo no. 902, hjk00902) Index card unavailable.
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Album caption: Professor Almon Harris Thompson with his horse "Old Ute." Utah. 1872. (Stereoscopic view). Published opposite p. 425 in Utah State Historical Society, Utah Historical Quarterly, v. 16 - 17. 1948 - 49.
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Typed information on back of photograph: The Rescue. Line draing from Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell. 1875. Excerpt from page 168-169 about drawing, "I find I can get up no farther and cannot step back, for I dare not let go with my hand and cannot reach foothold below without. I call to Bradley for help. He finds a way by which he can get to the top of the rock over my head, but cannot reach me. Then he looks around for some stick or limb of a tree, but finds none. Then he suggest that he would better help me with the barometer case, but I fear I cannot hold on to it. The moment is critical. Standing on my toes, my muscles begin to tremble. It is sixty or eighty feet to the foot of the precipice....
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Album caption: The first camp of Powell's Second Expedition. Shown from left to right are: Professor Almon Harris Thompson, Andrew Hattan, S.V. Jones, John F. Steward, W.C. Powell, Frank C.A. Richardson, Frederick Dellenbaugh, and F.M. Bishop. Green River, Wyoming. May 4, 1871. (Photo by E.O. Beaman). Published in Utah State Historical Society, Utah Historical Quarterly, v. 16 - 17, opposite p.25. 1948 - 49. Typed information on back of duplicate photograph: The first camp of the second Powell expedition, May 4, 1871. Shown from left to right are: Almon Harris Thompson (J.W. Powell's brother-in-law), Andrew Hattan (Hatten), S.V. Jones, John Steward, W.C. Powell, Frank C.A. Richardson, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh,...
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Album caption and index card: Disaster Falls in Canyon of Lodore, Green River. [Dinosaur National Monument] Moffat County, Colorado. June 18, 1871. (Photo by E.O. Beaman) (Stereoscopic view) (Powell Centennial Exhibit, 1969)
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Album caption: Left bank of Green River. Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, before the start of the journey. The boats are "Canonita," "Emma Dean," and "Nellie Powell." Just below the Union Pacific Railroad bridge at Green River Station. The famous eleven of the Powell party were Andy Hattan, W. Clement Powell, S.V. Jones, Major John W. Powell, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, Professor Almon Harris Thompson, John F. Steward, F.M. Bishop, Frank C.A. Richardson, Jack Hillers, and E.O. Beaman. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1871. (Photo by E.O. Beaman) Forms a stereoscopic view with photo no. 506a). No index card. Additional information typed on back of similar photograph, 57-PS-506: Green River - Just below Union Pacific...


map background search result map search result map Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. circa 1870s. First camp of Powell's Second Expedition, Green River, Wyoming. 1871. Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1871. Canyon of Lodore, Green River. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. n.d. Virgin River. Utah. circa 1870s. Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Disaster Falls in Canyon of Lodore. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. 1871. Green River in Stillwater Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Professor Almon Harris Thompson on his horse "Old Ute." Utah. 1872. Canyon of Desolation, Green River. Utah. circa 1870s. Packtrain in San Francisco Mountain region. Arizona. circa 1870s. Muav Canyon, Grand Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s. Grand Canyon near Toroweap. Arizona. circa 1870s. The Cinder Cone near the foot of Toroweap, Grand Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s. Red Canyon below Beehive Point. Daggett County, Utah. circa 1871. Ashley Falls in Red Canyon. Daggett County, Utah. circa 1871. Colorado River in Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Virgen River Valley. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1872. The Three Patriarchs. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1872. The Rescue at Echo Rock. John Wesley Powell and G.Y. Bradley in drawing. Moffat County, Colorado.1869. Virgen River Valley. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1872. The Three Patriarchs. Zion National Park, Utah. circa 1872. Red Canyon below Beehive Point. Daggett County, Utah. circa 1871. Ashley Falls in Red Canyon. Daggett County, Utah. circa 1871. The Rescue at Echo Rock. John Wesley Powell and G.Y. Bradley in drawing. Moffat County, Colorado.1869. Canyon of Lodore, Green River. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. n.d. Disaster Falls in Canyon of Lodore. Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado. 1871. Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. circa 1870s. Boats of Powell's Second Expedition, Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. 1871. Colorado River in Cataract Canyon. San Juan and Garfield Counties, Utah. circa 1871. Virgin River. Utah. circa 1870s. Glen Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Green River in Stillwater Canyon. Utah. circa 1870s. Professor Almon Harris Thompson on his horse "Old Ute." Utah. 1872. Canyon of Desolation, Green River. Utah. circa 1870s. First camp of Powell's Second Expedition, Green River, Wyoming. 1871. Packtrain in San Francisco Mountain region. Arizona. circa 1870s. Muav Canyon, Grand Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s. Grand Canyon near Toroweap. Arizona. circa 1870s. The Cinder Cone near the foot of Toroweap, Grand Canyon. Arizona. circa 1870s.