Grand Canyon. Royal Gorge looking west – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Grand Canyon. Royal Gorge looking west brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Grand Canyon. Royal Gorge looking west
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The card's caption reads "Grand Canyon," but the scene shows the Royal Gorge, where the Arkansas River cuts through granite walls roughly 1,000 feet high in Colorado, hundreds of miles from Arizona's canyon. The mismatch likely reflects a publisher's loose labeling. Issued in 1874 as number 139 in the Colorado Views series by William I. Marshall, the card belongs to the stereograph boom, when viewers paid to see western scenery through a parlor viewer. The gorge later became a battleground for railroad companies, which fought over the narrow route through it in the late 1870s.
| Created / published | 1874 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | No. 139. Title from item. Part of series: Colorado Views. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Rock formations--Colorado--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,898 × 2,845 px · prints to 16 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269034 |
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