Call NumberZ-7978CreatorHillers, John K., 1843-1925Date1870-1880SummaryA box camera on a tripod is beside the East Fork Virgin River. Shows steep rock walls in the narrow Parunuweap Canyon in Kane County or Washington County, Utah.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen ; 12 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectParunuweap Canyon (Utah)--19th centuryVirgin River, East Fork (Utah)--19th centuryCameras--Utah--19th centuryCanyons--Utah--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Utah--19th centuryRivers--Utah--19th centuryGeographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711007978Type 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 Valley of the Colorado, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson and "Cañons of the Colorado River of the West" printed on stereo card. Condition: spots. Descriptive information printed on label on verso reads: "Views on the Rio Virgen. This stream is a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah and Southern Nevada, called by the Indians Pa-roosh, (Roaring Water.) Pa-roo-nu-weap Series. Pa-roo-nu-weap is the Indian name of the principal cañon on the Long Valley branch. It is about 18 miles long, and from 1,200 to 2,000 feet deep" and "No. 21."; Formerly F39187, F33866; Title printed on label on verso. Library owns additional iterations of this image in various formats: : 2 copy negatives ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.). R7110079785DonorHanson.
Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, Mouth of the narrows (looking down) (1870-1880). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 24/05/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131393
