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The abandoned boats

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Call NumberZ-7973CreatorHillers, John K., 1843-1925Date1870-1880SummaryWooden boats, the Canonita and the Emma Dean, are in Kanab Canyon in Coconino County (later Grand Canyon National Park), Arizona. Oars stick out of the muddy creek bed. Shallow pools of water from Kanab Creek are in the rocky canyon and steep rock walls are in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 12 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectGrand Canyon (Ariz.)--19th centuryKanab Canyon (Ariz.)--19th centuryKanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)--19th centuryBoats--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryCanyons--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryStreams--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryGeographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711007973Type of MaterialAlbumen printsFilm negativesPhotographic printsStereographsDigital Version Created FromU. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West / by J. W. Powell and A. H. ThompsonNotesU.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the west and "by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson" printed on stereo card. Condition: spots. Descriptive information printed on label on verso reads: "Views on Kanab Creek. This stream heads in Southern Utah, and runs south until it empties into the Colorado River, about midway in the course of the Grand Cañon" and "No. 79."; Formerly F34206; Title and attribution printed on label on verso. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: : 1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110079735DonorHanson.

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