Colorado River in Glen Canyon at the head of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1923 (CHS-3902)

Colorado River in Glen Canyon at the head of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1930
Photograph of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon at the head of the Grand Canyon, 1900-1930. The towering nearly-vertical rocky canyon walls loom over the placid river. The canyon rim is visible far above. A rocky embankment forms the shore at right, while a less steep sandy shore and vegetation form the opposite shore at left.
Call number: CHS-3902
Photographer: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Filename: CHS-3902
Coverage date: 1900/1930
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: 3902
Microfiche number: 1-91-197
Archival file: chs_Volume96/CHS-3902.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: 1900/1930
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Arizona
Legacy record ID: chs-m16446; USC-1-1-1-14262
Geographic subject: rivers: Colorado River; 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