Sunrise in the Grand Canyon, Arizona – Vintage Print
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Sunrise in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Sunrise in the Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Sunrise over the Grand Canyon in Arizona is the subject here, a view of the canyon's layered rock walls catching the first light of morning. The record dates the print to 1908, a period when the canyon was still reaching a wide American audience. Its rail connection was new and the South Rim was just beginning to draw tourists in numbers, while photographers like those working for the Santa Fe Railway helped shape the public image of the canyon as a national wonder. Pictures from this era are worth noticing for how they framed the chasm as a sublime natural spectacle worth travel.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1908 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124658 |
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