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Mouth of the Lower Grand Canon of the Colorado River. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.020
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Color lithographed view. "Plate No. XX is an illuminated sketch made from a photograph taken in the Grand Canon near its mouth ... The sun breaking through upon the vari-colored sedimentary beds enlivens a contrast of colors that no artist can accurately copy."-- v. 1, p. 163.
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View looking south into the Grand Canon of the Colorado, from Sheavwitz Crossing. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.021
Note
Lithographed view, b&w. " ... shows a projecting rock on the right hand of the sketch called 'Devil's Anvil,' that overhangs the almost perpendicular canon. Part of the southern wall is shown, and also the river-bed. The photographic view was taken at a point a little higher up than Diamond Creek by one of the land parties of 1872."-- v. 1, p. 164.
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Grand Canon of the Colorado River, near mouth of the Kanab Wash, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.022
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Sepia tone lithographed view. "... redrawn from a photograph taken in 1872 ... and shows some of the pecularities of the erosion and the number of beds that make up the plateau system at this locality."-- v. 1, p. 168.
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Grand Canon of the Colorado, near Paria Creek, looking east. 1872. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.023
Note
Sepia tone lithographed view. "... gives an illustration of the verticality of the lower or first wall above the bed of the river, as also the carving of its surface at Paria Creek. A part of the summit of an irregular plateau appears in the distance."-- v. 1, p. 168.
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Colorado River party reaching mouth of Diamond Creek. 1871. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.024
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Sepia tone lithographed view. "Plate XXIV is a sketch redrawn from a photograph by O'Sullivan ... showing the northern wall of the canon that is here eroded into gentler profiles ... "
Author
[Hamel, P.W., Nell, Louis, Wheeler, G.M.]
Full Title
Map showing routes of the river and land parties engaged in exploring the Grand Canon of the Colorado. Under the command of 1st. Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1871. P.W. Hamel and L. Nell, topographers. Issued Feb. 4th 1878. The Graphic Co. Photo-Lith., 30 & 41 Park Place, N.Y. Weyss, Thompson & Lang del. By order of the Honorable the Secretary of War. Under the direction of Brig. Gen. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. (in upper margin:) United States Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. (1889)
List No
2220.025
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Lithographed map, sepia toned. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows drainage, roads, surveyors' routes & campsites, etc. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
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