Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1909 – Antique Photo 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.)
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This rare historic image captures Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1909 in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Grand Canyon of the Colorado
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Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1909
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Grand Canyon, Arizona, in 1909 was a place that visitors reached mainly by train. The Santa Fe Railway's branch line from Williams had carried tourists to the South Rim since 1901, and the El Tovar Hotel, opened on the rim in 1905 and run by the Fred Harvey Company, gave travelers a comfortable base for seeing the canyon. Arizona was still a territory, not yet a state, and the canyon had been protected as a national monument only in 1908 under President Theodore Roosevelt. Local life centered on tourism, with guides, mule trains, and hotel workers serving people who came to see the canyon's rock layers and the trails that dropped toward the Colorado River.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | west coast art co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Arizona |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,013 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Grand Canyon of the Colorado |
| Reference | AZ Grand Canyon 1909 |
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