Alcove Wall
Photograph
John F. Jarvis
American, b. England, 1849–1931
Alcove Wall
ca. 1875
Albumen silver print
Each Image: 11 x 7.8 cm
Overall: 11.4 x 17.6 cm
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
1981.0967.0047
Inscriptions recto (printed): [title] / U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River, of the West. By J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson.
verso, label (printed): Views of the Rio Virgen / This stream is a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah and Southern Nevada, called by the Indians Pa-roosh (Rolling Water)
verso, label (printed): Pa-Roó-Nu-Weap Series / Pa-Roó-Nu-Weap is the Indian name of the principal cañon on the Long Valley branch. It is about 18 miles long, and from 1,200 to 2,000 feet deep. [title] No. 21 / Photographed by Hillers
verso, label (printed): Published by J.F. Jarvis / 479 Pa. Avenue, Washington D.C.
verso (stamp): Eastman Historical Photographic Collection 25
verso, label (printed): Views of the Rio Virgen / This stream is a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah and Southern Nevada, called by the Indians Pa-roosh (Rolling Water)
verso, label (printed): Pa-Roó-Nu-Weap Series / Pa-Roó-Nu-Weap is the Indian name of the principal cañon on the Long Valley branch. It is about 18 miles long, and from 1,200 to 2,000 feet deep. [title] No. 21 / Photographed by Hillers
verso, label (printed): Published by J.F. Jarvis / 479 Pa. Avenue, Washington D.C.
verso (stamp): Eastman Historical Photographic Collection 25
