Ku-Ra-Tu. Kai-Vav-Its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on...Kai-bab Plateau, near...Grand Canon of the Colorado...
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Colorado, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.
John Karl Hillers was a German-American photographer and explorer, best known for his photographs of Native American tribes in the American West in the late 19th century. He worked as a photographer for the United States Geological Survey, documenting various expeditions in the western United States. Hillers is also credited with discovering and photographing Rainbow Bridge National Monument in Utah.
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Date
1874
Source
J. Paul Getty Museum
Copyright info
Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.