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Marble Canon

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Call NumberZ-7894CreatorBell, William, 1830-1910Date1870-1880SummaryView of eroded limestone walls and sandstone talus in Marble Canyon (later Grand Canyon National Park) on the Colorado River in Coconino County, Arizona.Physical Description1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen, stereograph ; 10 x 18 cm (4 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectCoconino County (Ariz.)--19th centuryColorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--19th centuryMarble Canyon (Coconino County, Ariz. : Canyon)--19th centuryCanyons--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryExpeditions & surveys--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryRivers--Arizona--Coconino County--19th centuryGeographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian (U.S.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711007894Type 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: fingerprints, stained. Spots and number "62" etched in original and reproduced in photographic print. Title and descriptive information printed on verso : "No. 13" and "one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1,200 feet deep. The steep cliff is gray limestone and the slope below a brilliant red sandstone."; R7110078941

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