Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Ariz. / Hillers. – Vintage Print
![Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Ariz. / Hillers., [1872] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60396bae80c3-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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A window into the past: Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Ariz. / Hillers., preserved in this historic photograph. 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, Colorado River, Ariz. / Hillers.
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The record names the Colorado River where it cuts through the Grand Canyon in Arizona, a stretch that Powell's survey parties of the early 1870s were among the first to document in detail. The catalog credits the name Hillers, referring to John K. Hillers, who joined Powell's expeditions and later became a well-known Western photographer, but attributes this print to Fennemore, following a 1989 Smithsonian study of Hillers's work. The date of about 1872 places it during the years when surveyors were mapping the river through the canyon's walls, and images like this helped show audiences in the East what the region looked like.
| Created / published | [1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Attribution to Fennemore and date based on Western photographs of John K. Hillers / Don D. Fowler. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. |
| Subjects | Canyons--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1990. Rivers--Arizona--Grand Canyon--1870-1880. Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1880. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116430 |
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