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Ruby Castles, Canon of the Grand, Utah – Vintage Wall Art

Ruby Castles, Canon of the Grand, Utah, c1900. — historic print
Ruby Castles, Canon of the Grand, Utah, c1900.. Historic print from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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 rare historic print captures Ruby Castles, Canon of the Grand, Utah in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Ruby Castles, Canon of the Grand, Utah

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Ruby Castles is a rock formation in the canyon country along the Colorado River in Utah, and this photochrom shows its layered red sandstone towers rising above the water. The Detroit Publishing Company produced these hand-tinted color prints around 1900, using a lithographic process that layered several stones to reproduce the warm reds and muted greens of the scenery. Companies like this one sold such views to travelers, who were just beginning to visit the scenic Western canyons by rail and river. The print is catalogued as a copyright deposit, which is why a copy survives in the collections of the Library of Congress.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
GenrePhotochrom prints Color.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co., no. 59025. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsCanyons. Rivers.United States--Utah--Colorado River.United States--Utah--Ruby Castles.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 770 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-78829

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