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[Mule train and tourists on horseback in Arizona'a Grand Canyon, 1920] – Vintage Print

[Mule train and tourists on horseback in Arizona'a Grand Canyon, 1920], 1920 — historic photograph
[Mule train and tourists on horseback in Arizona'a Grand Canyon, 1920], 1920. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Tourists riding mules along a trail at the Grand Canyon in 1920 make an unusual pairing of animals and visitors, and the scene captures a kind of travel that was still new to the park. Grand Canyon National Park had been established only a year earlier, in 1919, and pack animals carried sightseers down the canyon's trails to its viewpoints. Mule trips like this, run under concessions tied to the Fred Harvey Company, were a central way most visitors experienced the canyon before automobile travel became common.

Created / published1920
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePhotographic. prints 1920.
NotesNo. 2232.
SubjectsMules--Arizonia--Grand Canyon National Park--1920. Horseback riding--Arizonia--Grand Canyon National Park--1920. Trails & paths--Arizonia--Grand Canyon National Park--1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,302 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179575

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