Alcove Wall

Alcove Wall

Photograph

John K. Hillers

Maker
American, b. Germany, 1843–1925

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

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