Nature's barriers conquered by human genius - railway over Canon Diablo, Arizona – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Nature's barriers conquered by human genius - railway over Canon Diablo, Arizona
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The stereograph shows the railroad crossing Canon Diablo, a deep gorge in northern Arizona, on a high bridge that carried trains over the chasm. The line was pushed westward by the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the early 1880s, and its later successor, the Santa Fe, kept the crossing in service. The caption's phrase "Nature's barriers conquered by human genius" reflects the boastful tone common to railroad promotion of the period. Underwood & Underwood sold such paired views in large numbers, so the card also shows how the western rail network was pictured for armchair viewers at home.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; RR; Bridges; Ph. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 788 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158864 |
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