[Tourist] Camp in the [Grand] Canyon, 3100 ft. below the rim, Arizona – Vintage Wall Art
![[Tourist] Camp in the [Grand] Canyon, 3100 ft. below the rim, Arizona, c1907 July 18. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e5/e5f9db657ab4-L.webp)
(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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[Tourist] Camp in the [Grand] Canyon, 3100 ft. below the rim, Arizona
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Set roughly 3,100 feet below the rim, this camp shows how far early visitors would go to see the canyon's interior. Around 1907, most people reached the inner gorge on foot or by mule down steep trails, and they stayed for a night or more under canvas or in simple camps. The Grand Canyon was not yet a national park; it was a forest reserve that became a national monument in 1908, and tourism was growing through the railroad and private guiding businesses. The caption's date is unverified, but the scene reflects that early period, when camping below the rim was still an adventure.
| Created / published | c1907 July 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | H96756 U.S. Copyright Office No. 7. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Natl Parks; Camping; Tourists; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,225 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142489 |
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