Call NumberZ-7892Creatorbell, william, 1830-1910Date1870-1880SummaryView of the Colorado River and the mouth of Kanab Creek in the valley of the Grand Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park), in Coconino and Mohave County, Arizona. Wooden boats are in the dry Kanab Creek bed.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 centuryGrand Canyon (Ariz.)--19th centuryKanab Creek (Utah and Ariz.)--19th centuryCanyons--Arizona--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Arizona--19th centuryRivers--Arizona--19th centuryStreams--Arizona--19th centuryGeographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711007892Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsStereographsNotesExpedition of 1872 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.A." and "Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian" printed on verso. Condition: spots. Numbers "56" etched, and scratches in original negative reproduced in photographic print. Title and descriptive information printed on verso : "No. 10" and "The beds of the Colorado River and its tributary here lie in gorges cut by the running water to the depth of about 3,500 feet below the general surface of the country. The highest point seen in the picture is 2,500 feet above the water, and the walls are here too steep to be scaled."; R7110078925
bell, william, 1830-1910, The mouth of Kanab Creek (1870-1880). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 15/07/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1131643
