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Grand Canon, junction of Diamond and Colorado Rivers

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Call NumberZ-7882CreatorO'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882Date1870-1880SummaryA man stands beside rounded rocks and a pool of still water in the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) near Diamond Creek in Lower Granite Canyon, Mohave County, Arizona. Shows sand beside the Colorado River and canyon walls in the distance.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen, stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--19th centuryDiamond Creek (Mohave County and Coconino County, Ariz.)--19th centuryGrand Canyon (Ariz.)--19th centuryMohave County (Ariz.)--19th centuryCanyons--Arizona--Mohave County--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Arizona--Mohave County--19th centuryRivers--Arizona--Mohave County--19th centuryStreams--Arizona--Mohave County--19th centuryGeographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711007882Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesExpedition of 1871 and "1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler. Corps on Engineers, Commanding." printed on stereo card. An eagle and shield logo, "War Department Corps of Engineers. U.S. Army," and "Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" printed on verso. Condition: creased, torn. Number "142" etched in original and reproduced in photographic print. Title and descriptive information printed on label on verso : "No. 19. From the mouth of the Grand Canon to this point, 63 miles. This is the first practicable crossing from the Grand Canon. Walls about 5,000 feet; width of river about 400 feet." and "(F.142.)"; R7110078828

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Grand Canon, junction of Diamond and Colorado Rivers