np000097 The Grand Canon [sic] of the Colorado of the West 191 – Historic Print
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A window into the past: np000097 The Grand Canon [sic] of the Colorado of the West 191, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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np000097 The Grand Canon [sic] of the Colorado of the West 191
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The title's bracketed "[sic]" flags the spelling "Canon" in place of "Canyon," a variant that appeared often in 19th- and early 20th-century writing about the gorge. The Colorado River cut this canyon over millions of years, exposing layers of rock that span much of Earth's geologic history. Federal protection came in stages: President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed it a national monument in 1908, and Congress made it a national park in 1919. Images like this one helped shape public interest in the site during that period, when travel to the rim was becoming easier.
| Original scan | 2,852 × 2,960 px · prints to 10 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | np000097 The Grand Canon [sic] of the Colorado of the West 191- |
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