[Grand Canyon]: El Tovar Hotel – Antique Wall Art
![[Grand Canyon]: El Tovar Hotel, c1906. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3d/3d61f241997a-L.webp)
(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]: El Tovar Hotel brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Grand Canyon]: El Tovar Hotel
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The El Tovar Hotel, shown here as it stood around 1906, was built on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and became one of the first major lodgings in the park. The Fred Harvey Company, which ran a chain of railroad hotels and restaurants across the Southwest, opened it in 1905 after the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway brought visitors to the rim. Designed by architect Charles Whittlesey in a rustic style of local stone and timber, the hotel was meant to give travelers a comfortable base for seeing the canyon. Its setting on the rim made it a symbol of the park's early tourism.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,053 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159006 |
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