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[Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Cork Screw, 4100 ft. below the river, with people coming down trail] – Historic Print

[Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Cork Screw, 4100 ft. below the river, with people coming down trail], c1907. — historic photograph
[Grand Canyon, Arizona: The Cork Screw, 4100 ft. below the river, with people coming down trail], c1907.. Historic photograph from the Grand Canyon 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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A pair of walkers can be seen descending a steep switchback the caption calls "The Cork Screw," which the card places some 4,100 feet below the river. The photograph dates to about 1907, when visitors to the Grand Canyon were arriving by rail and increasingly hiking or riding mules down its trails rather than only admiring the rim. Its interest lies in how the zigzag path appears to wind into the gorge, showing the physical effort that early travelers faced. The date and location details come from an unverified caption card, so they are worth checking against other sources.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160502

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